The Swiss family Robinson in words of one syllable /
Johann David Wyss (1743 - 1818)
Category
Books
Date
1884
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Nymans Estate, West Sussex
NT 3195434
Summary
Bibliographic description
96 p., plates :. ill. (col.) ;. 21cm. With a half-title from "The boys of Otter patrol" laid in. Provenance: inscribed "To dear Maudie with Miss Penn's love. Prize." [i.e. to Maud Frances Messel, née Sambourne (1875-1960) from her governess Miss Penn who taught her until 1888.] Bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown: Farmer & Sons Kensington, W. Binding: publisher's brown cloth, decorated and lettered in gold and black. Many loose pages.
Makers and roles
Johann David Wyss (1743 - 1818) Lucy Aikin (1781 - 1864)