Swiss Robinson: Shipwrecked Family on Desert Island

Description

WYSS, Le Robinson suisse, ou récit d'un père de famille jeté par un naufrage dans une île déserte, avec sa femme et ses enfants. New translation revised by Pierre Blanchard. With engravings, title pages and vignettes after drawings by Ton Johannot. In 2 volumes. Lehuby, 1837. 8vo (11 x 17.5 cm), half-leather binding (worn). Vol. 1: engraved frontispiece + 1 map (partly missing) + 332 pp. + 2 engraved plates. Vol. 2: engraved frontispiece, 3 leaves (misaligned, frayed) + 392 pp. + 3 engraved plates. Scattered foxing throughout. One cut without loss on a leaf, one loss on lower page margin, one damaged engraving. Bindings worn. Would benefit from professional rebinding.