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[DEFOE (Daniel)]. The Life and most surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner ; Who lived eight and twenty years in an 2 uninhabited 1 island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque. With an account of his deliverance thence and 2 his 1 after surprising adventures. [The Life and Very Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Crusoe. d'York marin ; Qui vêcut huit et vingt ans dans une inhabitée isle sur la côte d'Amérique, près de l'embouchure de la grande riviere Orénoque. Avec une relation de sa délivrance de cet endroit et (de) ses ensuite surprenantes aventures. A Dampierre, Par G. E. J. M. A. L. [Guyonne Élisabeth Josèphe (de) Montmorency (d')Albert, (duchesse de) Luynes], 1797. 2 volumes in-8°, blond calf, gilt Greek frieze framing the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt edges (period binding). 57 quires (32 & 25) signed: - [*]4, A-Z8 & Aa-Hh8, and -- [*]2, A-Y8, Z4 & Aa2; that is: [II] + VI + 496 pp. (faux-titre, title, "Avertissement" in French and "The preface / La préface", the last blank unnumbered), & -- [IV] + 364 pp (faux-titre and title, the last three blanks unnumbered). First volume folios L2 signed I2 and S4 signed I4. Bilingual interlinear and pedagogical edition according to the method of César Chesneau Du Marsais, printed by Guyonne Élisabeth Josèphe de Montmorency de Laval, duchesse de Luynes, and said to have been printed in only 25 copies (Lowndes). THE RAREST EDITION OF THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOÉ, PRINTED IN VERY SMALL NUMBERS ON THE PRIVATE PRESSES OF THE CHÂTEAU DE DAMPIERRE by Élisabeth de MONTMORENCY, duchess of LUYNES. Haeghen 1; Lowndes, I, 613; Luynes L'Imprimerie de Dampierre 2023, 44.