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 3225809
Summary
Bibliographic description
Seventh edition. viii, 435, [1] p., plates : ill., map ; 18cm (12mo). Imperfect: wants all pages after p. 428. Damaged pages, with some loss of text, pp.63-4; frontispiece. Provenance: inscribed "Ashton & Arthur Mosley" [i.e. Ashton Nicholas Every Mosley (1792-1875), grandfather of Col. Godfrey Mosley (1863-1945) who married Hilda Harpur Crewe in 1918; "Arthur" not identified]. Inscribed at rear: "H Mosley Nov 18th 1850 Monday"; with pencil figure drawings on rear pastedown. Binding: nineteenth-century quarter red grained leather, with buff paper boards; recessed cords; gilt fillets on spine, directly gilt lettered.
Makers and roles
Johann David Wyss (1743 - 1818) Johann Rudolf Wyss (1782 - 1830)