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The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures of a father and mother and four sons on a desert island : being a practical illustration of the first principles of mechanics, natural philosophy, natural history, and all those branches of science which most immediately apply to the business of life, volume 1
The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures of a father and mother and four sons on a desert island : being a practical illustration of the first principles of mechanics, natural philosophy, natural history, and all those branches of science which most immediately apply to the business of life, volume 1
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The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures of a father and mother and four sons on a desert island : being a practical illustration of the first principles of mechanics, natural philosophy, natural history, and all those branches of science which most immediately apply to the business of life, volume 1

Date1820
Names
(illustrator)
Alternate Title
  • Family Robinson Crusoe
  • Adventures of a father and mother and four sons on a desert island
Format
Notes
Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.
The second edition of 1818 was the first to be published in two volumes under the title: The Swiss family Robinson.
The six plates are engraved by Henry Corbould after S. Springsguth or J. Dadley. The four in v. 1 were also used in the first edition published under the title: The family Robinson Crusoe, translated by William Godwin. 
Translation of: Schweizerische Robinson.
Medium
Number of Volumes2
DimensionsCover size: 17 cm x 10.5 cm (6 11/16 in. x 4 1/8 in.)
Extent
  • xxiv, 343 pages, 4 unpaginated leaves of plates
Language
CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131048605877D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt= 2207485