The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss – LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1963
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The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss – LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1963
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 817 of 1,500
Numerous two colour full page and monochrome integrated engravings by David Gentleman who signed the book.
Five page introduction by Robert Cushman Murphy.
Page tops stained light brown.
Light brown endpapers printed in grey with a map.
Quarter bound in light brown cloth with light brown leather spine title label, covers bound in orange handmade grass-cloth prepared by the natives of a Polynesian island from the inner bark of honeysuckle stems.
Plain cream slipcase with dark brown leather spine title label.
29.4x20.9x5.6cm.
Xii + 354 pages
US$77
First published in 1812, this novel describes the adventures of a Swiss family shipwrecked in the East Indies (Indonesia – although many of the animals illustrated look Australian) on their way to Port Jackson, Australia. Johann David Wyss (1743 - 1818) was inspired by Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, but wanted to write a story from which his own children would learn, as the father in the story taught important lessons to his children.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 817 of 1,500
Numerous two colour full page and monochrome integrated engravings by David Gentleman who signed the book.
Five page introduction by Robert Cushman Murphy.
Page tops stained light brown.
Light brown endpapers printed in grey with a map.
Quarter bound in light brown cloth with light brown leather spine title label, covers bound in orange handmade grass-cloth prepared by the natives of a Polynesian island from the inner bark of honeysuckle stems.
Plain cream slipcase with dark brown leather spine title label.
29.4x20.9x5.6cm.
Xii + 354 pages
US$77
First published in 1812, this novel describes the adventures of a Swiss family shipwrecked in the East Indies (Indonesia – although many of the animals illustrated look Australian) on their way to Port Jackson, Australia. Johann David Wyss (1743 - 1818) was inspired by Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, but wanted to write a story from which his own children would learn, as the father in the story taught important lessons to his children.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2BionicJim
Thanks for sharing your beautiful edition of this work. I read Robinson Crusoe last year (which surprised me for how much I loved it) and was planning this for "soon." I was also surprised to learn that Jules Verne was so inspired by this book he wrote a sequel: Their Island Home; The Later Adventures of the Swiss Family Robinson.
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