A Journal of the Plague Year

Daniel Defoe

Illustrated by Chris Wormell

Introduced by Richard Horton

Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year depicts London in a deadly pandemic. This Folio Society edition, with beautiful woodcuts by Chris Wormell, is introduced by editor-in-chief of The Lancet, Richard Horton.


Three-quarter bound in blocked cloth with a printed and blocked paper front board

Set in Caslon

264 pages

Illustrated title-page plus 9 integrated woodcut motifs

1 map

Printed black & red throughout

Blocked slipcase

9½″ x 6¼″