DeFoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719):Introduction

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A Note on the Text

The present edition of Daniel DeFoe's Robinson Crusoe follows the first edition as published by William Taylor, London, 1719, copy of the British Library, shelf-mark: C.30.f.6, ESTC T072264, 18th Century Microfilm reel 6536. The html-text is, however, not fully revised yet. The editors appreciate all emendations. Use the discussion page to leave notes or mailto:olaf.simons@pierre-marteau.com.

The Marteau edition offers:

  • reproductions of the frontispiece, title page and graphical elements (heads and initials) of the first edition,
  • the original spelling and punctuation with all pecularities and signs of careless work (marginal notes will offer corrections and variants; we have, however, just begun this work),
  • the original paragraph formatting,
  • (in order to allow quotations:) page references to the copy texts of the first editions.

Obvious mistakes of the type setting (like blanks where a letter did not reach the paper or the occasional n for u) have been corrected, square brackets indicate these emendations throughout. Explanatory notes provided by the editors appear as marginal notes in the frameset.

Note that this is work in progress, be patient with,
The Editors.