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Crusoe Collection

Reference
CRUSOE COLLECTION
Extent
Over 100 editions
Date
1747 to date
University Collection
Special Collections
An edition of Robinson Crusoe by Defoe.
An edition of Robinson Crusoe by Defoe.

Over 100 editions and retellings of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (first published 1719), from 1747 to the present day, searchable via the catalogue.

The collection was created by Gerald Nason and additions are made. Nason is an artist who started the collection as he wanted to study examples of different illustrations of the same subject matter over time. The collection also includes related ephemera.

Associated Collections

Spines of books of WHS press cuttings and an inset of the front cover of Inventory of a Life Mislaid by Marina Warner

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