Apr 25, 2002 - Sale 1933

Sale 1933 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 460
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
[CAMPE, JOHANN HEINRICH.] The New Robinson Crusoe. An Instructive and Entertaining History, for the Use of Children of Both Sexes. Translated from the French. 32 woodcut plates by john bewick.<> 265, [7] pages. 12mo, 19th-century 1/2 calf, spine faded, front joint cracked; contents toned, scattered clean tears. London: John Stockdale, 1789

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Second edition of a translation first published the year before. Campe's Robinson der Jüngere first appeared in 1779, followed by the author's own translations into French the same year and into English in 1781. Gottlieb 139 (1788 edition); Hugo 4057 (this edition).<