DEFOE, Daniel.—A Tour Thro' the whole Island of Great Britain, Divided into Circuits or Journies. giving A Particular and Diverting Account of whatever is Curious and worth Observation, Viz. I. A Description of the Principal Cities and Towns, their Situation, Magnitude, Government, and Commerce. II. The Cuſtoms, Manners, Speech, as alſo the Exerciſes, Diverſions, and Employment of the People. III. The Produce and Improvement of the Lands, the Trade, and Manufactures. IV. The Sea Ports and Fortifications, the Courſe of Rivers, and the Inland Navigation. V. The Publick Edifices, Seats, and Palaces of the Nobility and Gentry. With Uſeful Observations upon the Whole. Particularly fitted for the Reading of ſuch as deſire to Travel over the Island. By a Gentleman. London: Printed, and Sold by G. Strahan, . . . W. Mears, . . . R. Francklin, . . . S. Chapman, . . . R. Stagg, . . . and J. Graves, . . . M DCC XXIV. [M DCC XXV. and M DCC XXVII.] 8vo, three volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges, by Rivière.
First edition of Volumes I and II, second of Volume III. Volume I contains a folded plate of the Siege of Colchester in 1648, and consists of three letters, with separate pagination and signatures, the last leaf containing Addenda and Errata. Volume II contains a folded map of England and Wales, by Herman Moll, Geographer, and consists of three letters, the third with separate pagination and signatures, and an Index of xxxvi pages to the first two volumes. Volume III contains a folded map of Scotland by Moll. The three letters, pages 1-239, are followed by an "Introduction to the Account and Description of Scotland," pages 1-230, two Indexes (21 pages) and 5 pages of Advertisements.
DEFOE, Daniel.—The Fortunate Miſtreſs: Or, A History Of The Life And Vaſt Variety of Fortunes Of Mademoiſelle de Beleau, Afterwards Call'd The Counteſs de Wintſelſheim, in Germany. Being the Perſon known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II. London: Printed for T. Warner . . . ; W. Meadows . . . ; W. Pepper . . . ; S. Harding . . . ; and T. Edlin. . . . 1724. 8vo, red levant morocco, rich gilt back and side borders, doubled with red morocco, gilt borders, red silk guards, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition. Full-length portrait of Roxana.
DEFOE, Daniel.—The Life and Adventures of Roxana, the fortunate mistress; or, most unhappy wife.
| I. An Account of her Birth in France, in 1683. II. Her Marriage in London with a Brewer, who ran out his Eſtate, and left her in a deſtitute Condition with five Children. III. Her cohabiting with her Landlord, their Journey to Paris, where her Gallant was robbed, and murdered. IV. Her being in Love with by the Prince of —— by whom ſhe had a Son; her going with the Prince to the Palace of Mendon, where she ſaw her Huſband, who had entered in the Gens d'Arms Guard, the Prince leaves her. | V. The Dealings ſhe had with a Dutch Merchant and a Jew, the latter of whom wanted to defraud her of a great Parcel of her Jewels, her Return, in a dangerous Storm to England; her going afterwards to Rotterdam, where ſhe ſees the Dutch Merchant, to whom ſhe ſoon after became a Bedfellow. VI. Her return to England again, living a great Lady, where ſhe had the Name of Roxana. Her Marriage with the Dutch Merchant in London, who was naturalized, and created a Baronet; the Miſeries ſhe and her Maid Amy fell afterwards into. |
Embelliſhed with curious Copper Plates. London: Printed for H. Owen, . . . and C. Sympson, . . . M DCC LV. Small 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back and edges, by Chambolle-Duru.
Portrait by Parr, and folded plate, "Roxana in her Turkish Habit."
A later edition of "The Fortunate Mistress," divided into chapters, as the first edition was not, and containing two leaves of Contents. The text of the first edition ends on page 344, in the middle of chapter xvii, but the work has been extended by the unknown editor through page 463 into twenty-two chapters in the manner of Defoe. (Chapter xx is misprinted xix.) The last page contains a paragraph headed "The Continuation of the Life of Roxana, by Iſabel Johnſon, who had been her Waiting-Maid, from the Time ſhe was thrown into Jail, to the Time of her Death." The text of the last page of the first edition is not here included.
DEFOE, Daniel.—A new Voyage round the World, by a Course never ſailed before. being a Voyage undertaken by ſome Merchants, who afterwards propoſed the Setting up an Eaſt-India Company in Flanders. Illuſtrated with Copper Plates. London: Printed for A. Bettesworth, . . . and W. Mears, . . . M.dcc.xxv. 8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.