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Daniel Defoe, 1722
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Journal of the Plague Year
Daniel Defoe, 1722
[DEFOE, Daniel (1660-1731).] A Journal of the Plague Year: being Observations or Memorials, of the most remarkable Occurrences, as well publick as private, which happened in London during the last Great Visitation in 1665. London: Printed for E. Nutt, J. Roberts, A. Dodd and J. Graves, 1722.
The Macclesfield copy of the first edition, an excellent copy. “Journal of the Plague Year, published in the same year as Moll Flanders and Col. Jack, may be Defoe's most under-appreciated great novel. H. F., the protagonist, lives in London throughout the plague, and he is torn between fleeing and staying, between pragmatic, even crass economic motives, and spiritual impulses, and, even more importantly, is obsessed with determining the reasons individuals get the plague” (ODNB). Rothschild 778.
Octavo (199 x 117 mm). Half-title. Woodcut ornaments and head- and tailpieces (a marginal little dustsoiling at ends, paper flaw to E4 affecting a few words). 18th century vellum-backed dutch gilt paper boards, title in ink on spine (a little wear at corners); custom box. Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (bookplate and blindstamps; their sale, Sotheby’s, 13 March 2008, lot 3945).
Daniel Defoe, 1722
[DEFOE, Daniel (1660-1731).] A Journal of the Plague Year: being Observations or Memorials, of the most remarkable Occurrences, as well publick as private, which happened in London during the last Great Visitation in 1665. London: Printed for E. Nutt, J. Roberts, A. Dodd and J. Graves, 1722.
The Macclesfield copy of the first edition, an excellent copy. “Journal of the Plague Year, published in the same year as Moll Flanders and Col. Jack, may be Defoe's most under-appreciated great novel. H. F., the protagonist, lives in London throughout the plague, and he is torn between fleeing and staying, between pragmatic, even crass economic motives, and spiritual impulses, and, even more importantly, is obsessed with determining the reasons individuals get the plague” (ODNB). Rothschild 778.
Octavo (199 x 117 mm). Half-title. Woodcut ornaments and head- and tailpieces (a marginal little dustsoiling at ends, paper flaw to E4 affecting a few words). 18th century vellum-backed dutch gilt paper boards, title in ink on spine (a little wear at corners); custom box. Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (bookplate and blindstamps; their sale, Sotheby’s, 13 March 2008, lot 3945).
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