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 2
Date1820
Names
Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818
(author)
Corbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844
(engraver)
Springsguth, Samuel
(illustrator)
M.J. Godwin & Co.
(publisher)
Alternate Title
- Family Robinson Crusoe
- Adventures of a father and mother and four sons on a desert island
Format
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.
Translation of: Schweizerische Robinson.
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
- iv, 380 pages, 2 unpaginated leaves of plates
Language
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession Number37131048606115D
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approximately 1875
approximately 1875
approximately 1910
approximately 1911