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1869 The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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Description
Colour Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
'The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen' is an entertaining novel following the amazing adventures of eighteenth century German nobleman, Baron Munchausen.
This edition, illustrated by George Cruikshank, was first published in 1867.
On his wild adventures the Baron meets the Sultan at the Turkish royal court, steals his whole treasury, and sets sail away from Turkey.
This fictional account of Munchausen was written by Rudolf Erich Raspe.
Illustrated with a hand coloured frontispiece, two double page plates, and nineteen further plates.
Collated, complete.
With a former owner's inscription, dated 1874, to the front free endpaper.
The protagonist is loosely based on the real Baron Munchausen, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen, who served as a page to Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick during the Russo-Turkish War of 1737 to 1739. He was known for his brilliant storytelling abilities, and highly exaggerated and witty accounts of his military career in Russia.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with back strip significantly age toned, and minor losses of cloth to back strip head and tail. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, binding generally firm. Front free endpaper detached and loosely inserted, with two plates detached and loosely inserted. Pages a touch age toned, with the odd light spot or handling mark.
Good Only
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