The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe, Of York Mariner. With An Account Of His Travels Round Three Parts Of The Globe. With Illustrations By Thomas Stothard, R.A. Engraved By Charles Heath .

A very good full leather binding. 8vo. pp.620. 7.75" x 5.5" x 1.75" (20cm x 14cm x 4.8cm) . Tan calf over bevelled boards, edges bumped and boards lightly soiled. Carefully rebacked at some time in the past. Smooth spine with gilt banding and old crimson leather title label: "Robinson Crusoe". Marbled page edges and matching endpapers. Small armorial bookplate to verso of the front board: "Sir Frederick Milner, 22, Pont Street, London, S.W." Also: Inked dedication to front free-endpaper - "William Mordaunt Milner from his friend John de Grey. Eton, Election MDCCCLXVI." Clear text throughout well illustrated with 8 full-page engravings,drawn by 'T. Stothard R.A.'; Engraved by 'C. Heath'. VG. ** "Sir Frederick George Milner, 7th Baronet, GCVO PC (7 November 1849 8 June 1931) was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1883 to 1885, and from 1890 to 1906. Milner was born on 7 November 1849, the second son of William Mordaunt Edward Milner (born 20 June 1820 at Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, died 1867 at age 46), the fifth baronet and his wife Lady Georgiana Anne Lumley (born c 1820 at Tickhill Castle, died 2 February 1877). Milner's father was the Member of Parliament for York between 1848 and 1857. Milner became the 7th baronet in 1880, after the death of his father and his older brother, the 6th baronet, Sir William Mordaunt Milner at the age of 31 (unmarried, no issue). Frederick Milner was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford..." - See Wikipedia . *** "Sir William Mordaunt Edward Milner, 5th Baronet (20 June 1820 12 February 1867) was a Whig politician. Born and baptised in Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, Milner was the son of William Mordaunt Sturt Milner and Harriet Elizabeth ne Cavendish-Bentinck, daughter of Lord Edward Bentinck and Elizabeth Cumberland. He married Lady Georgiana Anne Lumleydaughter of Frederick Lumley-Savile and Charlotte Mary Beresfordin 1844, and they had at least seven children: Edith Harriet (18451921); Evelyn Selina (c. 18471900); William Mordaunt (18481880); Frederick George (18491931); Granville Henry (18521911); Dudley Francis (18541882); and Edward Carolus (18581918). Milner was first elected Whig MP for City of York at a by-election in 1848caused by the death of Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorkeand held the seat until 1857, when he did not seek re-election. Milner succeeded to the Baronetcy of Nun Appleton Hall on 24 March 1855 upon the death of William Mordaunt Sturt Milner. Upon his own death in 1867, the title was inherited by William Mordaunt Milner." - see Wikipedia **** "Extract from "Visitation of England and Wales: Vol. 16" by Frederick Arthur Crisp (1909) . John Augustus de Grey, born in Arlington Street, London, 21 March 1849, baptised at St. George's, Hanover Square, London; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculated Michaelmas Term, 1868, B.A. 1872; a Student of the Inner Temple 4 February 1870, called to the Bar 30 April 1874; appointed Recorder of Sudbury 1896, and of king's Lynn 1897-1905; J.P. for co. Suffolk, and for London and home counties 1905; Metropolitan Police Magistrate, South-Western police Court, from 1905; Chairman of East Suffolk Quarter Sessions. Title: The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe, Of York Mariner. With An Account Of His Travels Round Three Parts Of The Globe. With Illustrations By Thomas Stothard, R.A. Engraved By Charles Heath . Author Name: [ DEFOE, Daniel ] Location Published: London: W. Kent And Co. 86, Fleet Street, 1858 . 0 Categories: 19TH CENTURY Seller ID: 48602 Keywords: 50043 w. kent and co robinson crusoe sir frederick milner sir william mordaunt milner fiction::19th century