WYSS, Johann David (1781-1830) and Johann Rudolf WYSS (1781-1830). The Family Robinson Crusoe; or, Journal of a father shipwrecked, with his wife and children, on an uninhabited island. London: M[ary] J[ane] Godwin, 1814. 12° (172 x 100mm). Engraved frontispiece and 3 plates after H. Corbould. (Rather browned and soiled.) Contemporary sheep (worn), modern cloth box. Provenance: William Turton (bookplate; family inscriptions in pencil on D2r and rear pastedown).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, said on the title to be translated from the German but, in fact, translated from the French of Baronesse Montolieu by the Godwins, and comprising just the first volume of the original work. There were two issues of the first edition, the other in two volumes being apparently marketed first. Alderson & Oyens 16; Gumuchian 4907; Osborne I, p. 318.
WYSS, Johann David (1781-1830) and Johann Rudolf WYSS (1781-1830). The Family Robinson Crusoe; or, Journal of a father shipwrecked, with his wife and children, on an uninhabited island. London: M[ary] J[ane] Godwin, 1814. 12° (172 x 100mm). Engraved frontispiece and 3 plates after H. Corbould. (Rather browned and soiled.) Contemporary sheep (worn), modern cloth box. Provenance: William Turton (bookplate; family inscriptions in pencil on D2r and rear pastedown).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, said on the title to be translated from the German but, in fact, translated from the French of Baronesse Montolieu by the Godwins, and comprising just the first volume of the original work. There were two issues of the first edition, the other in two volumes being apparently marketed first. Alderson & Oyens 16; Gumuchian 4907; Osborne I, p. 318.
