An edition of Schweizerische Robinson
(1828)
The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures of a father and mother and four sons in a desert island
the genuine progress of the story forming a clear illustration of the first principles of natural history, and many branches of science which most immediately apply to the business of life : to which are added, notes of reference, explanatory of the subjects treated of, with ten cuts from new designs, and a map of the island.
From seventh London edition.
by Johann David Wyss
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A Swiss family is shipwrecked on a tropical island, and must survive with what they can salvage from their ship, as well as the natural bounty of the island. The father leads his four sons on a series of adventures that teach important lessons in moral values, husbandry and natural history.
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Revised by Johann Rudolf Wyss.
Publisher's advertisements on 5 p. at end.
Page iv misnumbered x.
Checklist Amer. imprints, 29838
LC copy is the gift of T. Goodspeed, June 11, 1940. Inscription: W. Thaddeus Harris, from his mother, 1835.
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