The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures of a shipwrecked family on a desolate island : a new and abridged translation
Date1882
Names
Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818
(author)
Leighton, John, 1822-1912
(cover designer)
Nodier, Charles, 1780-1844
(author of introduction)
Voïart, Élise 1786-1866
(translator)
Nelson and Sons
(publisher)
Alternate Title
- Adventures of a shipwrecked family on a desolate island
- Swiss family Robinson
Format
"300 illustrations"--spine
Cover design is signed JL [John Leighton?]
Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.
The translator's notes, dated 1870, states that he followed the French translation of Madame Voiart.
This translation by W.H.D. Adams was first published in 1870 in response to a statement by Charlotte Young in Macmillan's magazine, July, 1869, and a reply in the Spectator, July, 10, 1869, which asked for a new and complete translation.
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 19.1 cm x 12.7 cm (7 1/2 in. x 5 in.)
Extent
- x, [7]-690 pages, [2] leaves of plates (frontispiece and added pictorial title-page) : illustrations
Language
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession Number37131048608525D
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