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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Swiss Family Robinson / c.1880 |
| Date | c.1880 |
| Record ID | 219107 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McLM473S97981880 |
| Theme | Travel Animals and Nature Illness and Death Women in Publishing |
| Library of Congress Subject | Adventure stories Shipwrecks Families Animals Natural history Women as authors Birds Dogs Monkeys Sharks Lizards Bears Ostriches Cows |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Author | Mayo, Isabella Fyvie (1843-1914) |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Document Type | Novel |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1880 Robinsonades Readers Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Half-cloth bindings (Binding)--1880 Pictorial bindings (Binding) Printed boards (Binding) Color printing (Printing)--Plates Chromolithographs Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) Ink stamps (Provenance) |
| Size | 112 p., [6] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm |
| Page Numbers | 112 , 6 leaves of plates |
| Catalog Notes | Text differs from the one-syllable redaction by Lucy Aikin (published under the pseudonym "Mary Godolphin"); however, the preface (p. 3) is very similar, suggesting that "I.F.M." (i.e., Isabella Fyvie Mayo?) rewrote Aikin's text. Copy in hand bears inscription dated 1880. Cover and plates chromolithographed. "Price 1.00 each. ... Swiss Family Robinson (in words of one syllable.) One of the best juvenile books. 112 pages. 4to. cap. Six full-page illustrations. Printed in colors."--publisher's advertisement, lower cover. |
| Linked Documents |
The Swiss Family Robinson / c.1883 The Swiss Family Robinson / 1912 |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |