or the Journal of a Father Shipwrecked, with his wife and children, on an uninhabited island. Translated from the German of M. Wiss (by William Godwin).
The Family Robinson Crusoe (Swiss Family Robinson) or the Journal of a Father Shipwrecked, with his wife and children, on an uninhabited island. Translated from the German of M. Wiss (by William Godwin).
Godwin, 1814.
First English edition, second issue of Swiss Family Robinson. 8vo. Bound in full twentieth century tan calf by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt titles and marbled endpapers. Editor's note present at rear. Frontispiece and three plates engraved by Springsguth and Dadley after Henry Corbould. A very good copy.
Originally published in German in 1812, under the title "Der Sweitzerische Robinson" this is the first translation of this tale. There are two issues of this edition, a two volume edition and this one volume edition in which the pagination runs continuously.
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