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Title

The family Robinson Crusoe, or, Journal of a father shipwrecked, with his wife and children, on an uninhabited island / translated from the German of M. Wiss.

Author

Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818.

Publication

London : Printed for M.J. Godwin and Co., at the Juvenile Library, 41, Skinner-Street, and Hales, Piccadilly. 1816.

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Additional Authors

• Godwin, Mary Jane, 1768-1841
• Corbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844.
• Springsguth, Samuel.
• Russell, J. C.
• Dadley, J.
• M. J. Godwin and Co. pbl
• Richard and Arthur Taylor (Firm). prt

Description

2 v. : ill.; 17 cm.

Subject

• Survival at sea > Juvenile fiction

Note

• Printer's imprint: "Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, Shoe-Lane, London."
• Pagination: v. 1: xxiv, 346, [2] p., [4] leaves of plates; v. 2: 380, [3] leaves of plates.
• Translated into English by Mary Jane Godwin.
• Volumes issued separately; a note at the end of v. 1 promises the second volume will be published "[as] soon as the German copy of the Continuation can be procured ..."
• Erratum: v. 2, p. 380.
• Illustrations: v. 1: Engraved frontispiece, "Family Robinson Crusoe," by Springsguth after H. Corbould. -- Plate engraving, "The ass landed," by J. Dadley after Corbould. -- Plate engraving, "The family congregation," by Dadley after Corbould. -- Plate engraving, "Shooting the kangaroo," by Springsguth after Corbould. -- v. 2: Folding engraved map , "Settlements of the Swiss pastor & his family in the desert island," by J. C. Russell. -- Plate engraving, "Fritz at the same time discharged his pistols, & all joined instantly in three loud huzzas," by Springsguth after Corbould. -- Plate engraving, "The officers advanced towards the spot, & were met halfway by the Pastor," by Springsguth after Corbould.

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Call Number

Pforz JUV-LIB (Wyss, J. D. Family Robinson Crusoe. 1816)

OCLC

12956340

Author

Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818.

Title

The family Robinson Crusoe, or, Journal of a father shipwrecked, with his wife and children, on an uninhabited island / translated from the German of M. Wiss.

Imprint

London : Printed for M.J. Godwin and Co., at the Juvenile Library, 41, Skinner-Street, and Hales, Piccadilly. 1816.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: With an ink presentation note on the frontispiece verso of v. 1 ("John Samuel Smith / A remembrance from / Mrs. Bibb -- Little Woodhouse / Leeds -- 19th May 18[7?]5"); and the pencil ownership signature of "Harry A. Levinson" of Beverly Hills, CA, dated Jan 1957. -- Bound in contemporary half-calf with marbled boards, red morocco spine labels, and gilt spine titling and decoration. Bound by Slocombe & Simms, of Leeds.

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Added Author

M. J. Godwin and Co. Publisher

Richard and Arthur Taylor (Firm). Printer

Godwin, Mary Jane, 1768-1841 Translator

Corbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844. Illustrator

Springsguth, Samuel. Engraver

Russell, J. C. Cartographer

Dadley, J. Engraver

Slocombe & Simms. Binder

Research Call Number

Pforz JUV-LIB (Wyss, J. D. Family Robinson Crusoe. 1816)