The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures in a desert island
Dateapproximately 1875
Names
Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818
(author)
Montolieu, Isabelle de, 1751-1832
(translator)
George Routledge and Sons
(publisher)
Alternate Title
- Adventures in a desert island
- Swiss family Robinson
Format
According to the preface this version has been re-translated from the French of "Baroness de Montolieu...subduing the tone of the whole to English taste".
Illustrated with eight plates printed in colour and a black and white map on page [2] after text.
Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 17.1 cm x 11.4 cm (6 3/4 in. x 4 1/2 in.)
Extent
- 410, [2] pages, 8 unpaginated leaves of plates : color illustrations
Language
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession Number37131048606925D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt= 2210763
approximately 1875
approximately 1911
approximately 1910