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Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe Printing Blocks

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe Printing Blocks
<Our item number 140987><B>Defoe, Daniel.</B> <I>Robinson Crusoe.</I> Two original, hand-engraved, 2½ x 2¾ in. dark wooden printing blocks for two scenes in a chap-book edition of Daniel DeFoe&#39;s Robinson Crusoe, c. 1700s. The first depicts a shipwreck on a tropical coast, with four men drowning in the ocean while another stands on shore. The second block depicts Crusoe at his record-keeping pillar, located where a river meets the sea. According to &#34;Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century,&#34; these blocks are not from the full length version of DeFoe&#39;s &#34;The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe,&#34; but are from some chap-book printing in the 1700s, which does match their style. Both blocks have the same diagonal lined border, indicating that both are likely from the same chap-book. Both are clear and in nice condition, with a trivial crack in the upper right on the record-keeping block, and a larger ¼ in. crack in the bottom of the shipwreck block. Neit her is signed by the engraver or printer, however, a search through chap-books of the 1700s should reveal which book these blocks were made for. Accompanied by some pages from &#34;Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century&#34; illustrating some cuts from 1700s chap-book editions of &#34;Robinson Crusoe.&#34; <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,000 - 2,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 140987<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140987.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>