Excerpt from Bibliotheca Pretiosa<br><br>Several works are in almost if not quite unique condition. In this connexion may be mentioned Large Paper copies of Painter's 'palace of Pleasure and of Spenser's Complaints (both first editions), and the almost unique first edition of the latter's 'shepherd's Calendar'; also a set of original editions, with author's presentation inscriptions, of Izaak Walton's works, and Defoe's 'robinson Crusoe' as published in the 'london Post,' of which only one other and very imperfect copy is known to exist.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.