LA VIE ET LES AVANTURES SUPRENANTES DE ROBINSON CRUSOE
1720
First printing of the first French edition of ROBINSONÂ CRUSOE, one of the first ever translations of the book that has more translations than any work except the Bible.
18th century
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ROBINSON CRUSOE
1719
Rare early set of the realist novel that transformed English literature, comprised of the second edition of the work and the first edition of its sequel.
THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING
1749
First edition, first issue of this literary classic describing everyday life in English society, an "incalculable influence" (Yardley) on the developing novel in English.
A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE
1796 [but circa 1810]
Third edition, later issue, of Grose's classic slang dictionary of 18th-century colloquial and ungentlemanly nouns and verbs.
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[GULLIVER'S TRAVELS]: TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
1726
First edition, third issue of this classification-defying classic, combining elements of humor, utopia/dystopia, and philosophy in order to satirize contemporary English laws and culture.
A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
1755
First edition this epochal work, described by Noah Webster as having accomplished "in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics" (quoted in PMM).
THE ADVENTURER
1762
Fourth edition of this collection of all the issues of THE ADVENTURER, a bi-weekly paper featuring some of Bluestockings member Hester Chapone's earliest writing.
LUCINDA; Or the Mountain Mourner
1807
First edition of this epistolary novel-memoir, an early and compelling example of the self-conscious novelization of a woman's life.
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