The Swiss family Robinson;. or, The adventures of a father and mother and four sons on a desert island: the genuine progress of the story forming a clear illustration of the first principles of natural history, and many branches of science which most immediately apply to the business of life. To which are added, notes of reference, explanatory of the subjects treated of. With twelve cuts from new designs and a map of the island.
Johann David Wyss (1743 - 1818)
Category
Books
Date
1828
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3190894
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, 435, [1] p., plates :. ill., map ; 17cm. Provenance: Inscribed on title page: "Vauncey Crewe Jan 24 1852" [i.e. Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet (1846-1924)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half brown calf on marbled paper. Half blind fillet. Gilt tooling on spine; maroon leather spine label, lettered in gilt: Swiss family Robinson. Marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled red.
Makers and roles
Johann David Wyss (1743 - 1818) Johann Rudolf Wyss (1782 - 1830)