Description
Pre-owned. In this ‘memoir’ Munchausen regales readers with stories of dancing in the belly of a whale and riding on a horse cut in two. Other escapades include a balloon expedition to the moon, an encounter with the goddess Venus, a fiery battle with the Turkish army, and the experience of being swallowed up by a monstrous creature in the South Seas. It was not until 1824 that Rudolf Erich Raspe was revealed as the book’s author. Although most of Munchausen’s tales sprang from Raspe’s imagination, the author is reputed to have known the notorious baron personally. No dust jacket. Book inscribed as a Present to a grandson in Christmas 1894. Binding is slightly loose and is coming away slightly on the inside front and back covers. Contents are leaning slightly. there is foxing and tanning present both on the cover and in the book itself as can be expected in a book of this age. some bumping and shelfwear evident. Hardcover. Published by Lawrence and Bullen, London 1895
