Description
The Swiss Family Robinson by J.R. Wyss, beautifully bound in a full leather binding.
Octavo, ix, [1], 341pp. Full blue leather with double gilt-ruled border on covers. Title stamped in gilt over brown leather spine label, raised bands with gilt embellishments. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers with gilt floral turn-ins and board edges. Offsetting to outer edges of endpapers due to turn-ins. Bound by Bayntun of Bath, England. Clean text with no marks or notations. Endpapers partially cracked at hinges, but binding is solid. Color frontispiece with tissue cover, plus 7 additional color plates. A handsome copy of this classic adventure novel.
