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The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures of a father and mother and four sons on a desert island : being a practical illustration of the first principles of mechanics, natural philosophy, natural history, and all those branches of science which most immediately apply to the business of life, volume 1
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The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures of a father and mother and four sons on a desert island : being a practical illustration of the first principles of mechanics, natural philosophy, natural history, and all those branches of science which most immediately apply to the business of life, volume 1

Date1820
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Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.
The second edition of 1818 was the first to be published in two volumes under the title: The Swiss family Robinson.
The six plates are engraved by Henry Corbould after S. Springsguth or J. Dadley. The four in v. 1 were also used in the first edition published under the title: The family Robinson Crusoe, translated by William Godwin. 
Translation of: Schweizerische Robinson.
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    Medium
    Hardcover books
    DimensionsCover size: 17 cm x 10.5 cm (6 11/16 in. x 4 1/8 in.)
    Language
      CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131048605877D
      Catalogue Record for Print Book https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt= 2207485
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