Robinson Crusoe
An extremely rare edition of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, featuring the first translation in contemporary Serbian literary language. Only two copies can be found for sale.
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Translation according to the latest German translation. With 100 pictures. Issued by Kosta Mandrovic. In Vienna in 1873. Publishing bookstore G.J. Manc Printed by Mechitarist Armenian monastery.)
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Pp. (2) + 224 with 100 steel engravings + (4) with advertising.
Size: 13.7 x 9.5 cm.
Binding: 19th-century half leather with marbled boards and flyleaves.
Condition: Cyrillic ink signature and inscription on flyleaf, dated 1. April 1878. A few leaves were reinforced by a binder. Most of the pages are more or less spotted, mostly at the lower corner margins.
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For condition and details see the scans. More photos are available on demand.