DEFOE (Daniel). The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, By Daniel Defoe; old translation revised and corrected on the beautiful Edition given by Stockdale in 1790, increased by the life of the Author, which had not yet appeared. Paris : Veuve Panckoucke, An 8 [1800]. - 3 volumes in-8, 227 x 142 : portrait, title, (1 f.), viij, cviij, 276 pp., 4 plates, 1 map ; title, (1 f.), 526 pp., 11 plates ; title, (1 f.), 340 pp. Dark green morocco, triple gilt fillet on the boards, spine gilt, gilt lace inside, edges gilt on marbling (David). Antique edition considered as one of the most beautiful of Daniel Defoe's famous text. Undertaken by the publisher Charles Panckoucke and published by his widow in 1800, it is illustrated in the first edition with a portrait of the author engraved by Delvaux, 3 engraved titles adorned with a different vignette according to the volume, 18 out-of-text figures, 15 engraved by Delvaux after Stothart and 3 by Dupréel and Deligon after Duvivier, as well as a Mappemonde of the Eastern and Western hemispheres showing the itinerary of Robinson's journey, engraved by P. F. Tardieu. The three figures by Duvivier are not found in all copiesPrecious copy enriched with a suite before the letter of the 15 figures by Stothart and the first of the 3 figures by Duvivier, as well as 4 plates engraved after the compositions of Clément-Pierre Marillier for the 1787 edition . Volume three also includes a double portrait of the author by Delvaux. A very fine copy bound by David. Some wear to the spines, cold fillet mark on the first cover of the first volume (a mistake of the binder?). Some rare foxing. Provenance: Paul Eudel, with his bookplate.