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1877 The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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Description
Colour Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding
Illustrated with forty-two engravings and woodcuts across a hand-coloured frontispiece, two hand-coloured folding plates, twenty-six hand-coloured plates, two monochrome folding plates, two monochrome plates, and five in-text woodcuts.
'The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen' is an entertaining novel following the amazing adventures of eighteenth century German nobleman, Baron Munchausen.
On his wild adventures the Baron meets the Sultan at the Turkish royal court, steals his whole treasury, and sets sail away from Turkey.
The proganoist 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.
This fictional account of Munchausen was written by Rudolf Erich Raspe.
Illustrated by the noted caricaturist George Cruikshank.
Collated, complete.
Condition
In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards, rebound with new endpapers. Externally, smart, with some light rubbing. Cloth to the tail of the front board is a little cockled. Spine label is lifting a little. Small puncture hole to the head of the front joint. Hinges are a little strained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spots. Small tears to the folding plates. Closed tear to the tail of the title page. Repair to the dedication leaf.
Good
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