The Swiss family Robinson.
By: Illustrated with engravings by David Gentleman and introduced by Robert Cushman Murphy.
Contributors: Wyss, Johann Rudolf, 1781-1830, ed.; Gentleman, David, illus.; Limited Editions Club.
Publisher: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by W. S. Cowell
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Ipswich [Eng.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Family life -- Fiction; Survival -- Fiction; Islands -- Fiction
Description: Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.
Notes: The first ed., which was edited by the author's son Johann Rudolf, was first published in Zürich, 1812-13, under title: Der schweizerische Robinson.