Le Robinson suisse traduit de l’allemand de Wyss par Mme Élise Voïart precede d’ine introduction par Charles Nodier; Orné de nombreuses vignettes d’apres les dessins de M. Ch. Lemercier et G. Staal.
(The Swiss Robinson – Translated from Wyss’s German by Mme Elise Voiart preceded by an introduction by Charles Nodier; Decorated with many vignettes from the drawings of M. Ch. Lemercier and G. Staal.)
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By Johann David Wyss. In French language.
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Paris, Librairie Garnier Frères, [1928].
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A 1928 French illustrated edition of the novel Le Robinson suisse (original title: Der Schweizerische Robinson) by Johann David Wyss. It was initially published in German in 1812 in Zurich (Switzerland). This is one of the very first rewritings, and the most successful of the famous novel by Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe. This edition is translated into French by Élise Voïart, a writer and translator from Nancy, France, specializing in historical works, fiction, and children’s books.
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Pp.: [X]+650
Size: 25 x 18 cm
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Binding: Cloth hardcover binding, gilt-stamped panels and spine cover, minor signs of wear on the spine extremes and along the edges, cocked spine.
Condition: Minor traces of wear, clean copy otherwise.
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