The travels of Baron Münchausen : Gulliver revived, or The vice of lying properly exposed -- together with the sequel containing the Adventures of Baron Münchausen in Russia
The travels of Baron Münchausen : Gulliver revived, or The vice of lying properly exposed -- together with the sequel containing the Adventures of Baron Münchausen in Russia
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Seller's Description:
Alfred Crowquill. Very Good + + No Jacket. Book. Octavo. 8vo. 253 (35) pp, illus. Edited with an Introduction by William Rose. (Broadway Translations Ads title page dated 1927). Only the slightest edge wear with slightly browned backstrip and endpapers, else, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 5.25" x 7.5". Brown cloth; white backstrip and leather title plate with gilt lettering to spine. "Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736-1794) was a German librarian, writer, and scientist, called by his biographer John Patrick Carswell a "rogue". He is best known for his collection of tall tales The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, also known as Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, originally a satirical work with political aims."