ATLANTA — Emory University will house a collection of nearly 700 editions of the novel "Robinson Crusoe."

The collection written by Daniel Dafoe was donated to the university's manuscripts, archives and rare books library by Emory alumnus Robert Lovett and his wife, Miriam. Robert Lovett spent much of his career gathering rare and unique editions of the celebrated book.

The collection includes five 18th-century editions only available at Emory. One copy is a first edition published in London in 1719, the year the novel came out.

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