The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Illustrations by Gustave Doré by Anonymous, Rudolf Erich Raspe - 1935
by Anonymous, Rudolf Erich Raspe
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Illustrations by Gustave Doré
by Anonymous, Rudolf Erich Raspe
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- Hardcover
New York: Illustrated Editions Company, [n.d.]. Hardcover. Quarter-bound in black cloth with gilt striping and lettering and orange cloth boards, beveled edges front and back. Orange end papers, deckle edge. Heavyweight paper. Numerous B&W illustrations by Gustave Dore. Very Good+ book with no jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Not from a library. No ownership markings. Slight musty order. 206 pages.
Tall tales based loosely on the German adventurer Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen, or Baron Munchausen, were compiled by Rudolf Erich Raspe and published for English readers in 1785 as The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen. The tales were further embellished and translated back to German by Gottfried August Bürger in 1786. These tales were frequently extended and translated throughout the 19th century. Baron Munchausen's astounding feats included riding cannonballs, traveling to the Moon, and pulling himself out of a bog by his own hair. The Baron's definitive visual image belongs to Gustave Doré, the artist famed for his engravings of scenes from the Divine Comedy, Don Quixote, and other literary classics.
Tall tales based loosely on the German adventurer Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen, or Baron Munchausen, were compiled by Rudolf Erich Raspe and published for English readers in 1785 as The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen. The tales were further embellished and translated back to German by Gottfried August Bürger in 1786. These tales were frequently extended and translated throughout the 19th century. Baron Munchausen's astounding feats included riding cannonballs, traveling to the Moon, and pulling himself out of a bog by his own hair. The Baron's definitive visual image belongs to Gustave Doré, the artist famed for his engravings of scenes from the Divine Comedy, Don Quixote, and other literary classics.
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- Illustrator Gustave Dore
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Illustrated Editions Company
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1935
- Pages 206
- Size 8vo
- Keywords fiction, short stories, tall tales, adventure, classics, child, children, kids, juvenile, youth
- Size 8vo