1816.
A new edition, published by "New Juvenile Library"
Embellished with four elegant copperplates.

Paper wrappers worn; pen inscriptions; pages age toned and thumbed.

This children's book is loosely based 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 (or Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia). 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, further fictionalized in the 1901 American novel, Mr. Munchausen.

85mm x 125mm

R3,000