This sumptuously illustrated edition (via Archive.org) of Defoe’s The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was originally produced in France in the 1830s, then adapted over into English editions of the work shortly thereafter. Though the caricaturist Jean-Jacques Grandville is identified as the illustrator on the title page, a much larger team of artists seem to have contributed illustrations, including (list via Penn Library) “Adolphe Best, Cherrier, Cowland, Hans, Aglae LaisneÌ, Nivet, J Quartley, Rambert, Sears, Verdeil, Lacoste et Fils, and Whitehead et Sheeres,” though these names are mainly known by the artists incorporating their signatures into the pictures (as you’ll see while perusing them), and the style correspondingly varies from caricature to the more naturalistic. (Click the mosaics to enter slideshow mode.)
An English edition with the same illustrations can be read via University of Florida library and HathiTrust.
Note: These images are in the public domain. For more information, see A Primer on Image Rights on OBA.
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