1907 Baron Munchausen Surprising Adventures , Hunting Bears Military Moon Trip

Description: The Travels and Surprising AdventuresOfBaron Munchausen Illustrated WithTwelve Curious EngravingsFrom The Baron's Own Designs Published by Greening & Co., LimitedLondon ( England )1907 Hardcover.Decorated cloth binding.Top page edge gilt.4.75" x 7"(30) + 239 pages. 117 years old. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is among the most famous of "tall tale" books.It was authored by Rudolf Erich Raspe (1737-1794) and Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Baron ( Freiherr ) von Munchhausen (1720-1797 ). Adventure , fantasy , and comedy ; an account of Baron Munchausen's amazing travels and fantastical experiences. The novel is based on stories first told by Karl Friedrich von Munchhausen , a retired army captain , who was noted for his exaggerated and fantastic accounts of his war adventures and hunting experiences.The Baron's exploits, narrated in the first person, focus on his impossible achievements as a sportsman , a soldier, and a traveler - for instance, riding on a cannonball and fighting a forty-foot crocodile.The Baron also describes his trip to the Moon !Intentionally comedic, the stories play on the absurdity and inconsistency of Munchausen's claims, with an undercurrent of social satire. 12 full-page illustrations , including Ship and Whale , the Baron carrying a carriage , an inhabitant of the Moon , an inhabitant of the Dog Star ( these inhabitants look more like demons than aliens to modern eyes ), the Baron hunting a very strange stag , the Baron riding half of a horse, etc., etc. Good Condition.Just light binding wear.The spine is sunned.( see the photos )The hinges are tight.No markings.No writing.Some pages have a crease.The pages are otherwise in very good condition.All 12 illustrations are present. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer. -------- Includes :A StormCeylonHollandShooting DucksHunting Wild BoarSaint Hubert's StagAttacked by a WolfA Mad DogHound Dog and HarePrisoner of WarSold as a SlaveBearsSilver Hatchet and the MoonVoyage to North AmericaSea-gull saves a Sailor's LifeStrange Regions of Heat and DarknessAdventures in Turkey Egypt and the River NileConstantinopleCairoSiege of GibraltarCoast of AfricaA Quarrel as to where Noah built his ArkA Marine HorseWindsor Castle St. Paul's , College of Physicians , Undertakers VoyageVeniceA Woman's Life savedCause of her falling into the SeaShip driven by a Whirlwind to the MoonA Description of the Moon's InhabitantsThe Lunar World - Animals, Customs, Weapons of War , etc.The Baron destroys a Monster The Baron slips through the World into the South SeaThe Ship slips between the teeth of an unknown FishExtraordinary Flight on the Back of an EagleThe Baron's Expedition into AfricaWrecked upon an Island of Ice near the Coast of GuineaEscape from the shipwreckNegroes bringing White Slaves from EuropePreparations for a new Expedition - The Sphinx , Gog and MagogInterior Parts of AfricaA Host of LionsThe Inhabitants of the center of Africa said to be descended from the people of the Moon, proved by an Inscription in AfricaThe Baron sets works to build a Bridge to Great BritainThe Baron's Retinue is opposed by Don QuixoteA general Scene of Uproar and Battle The Country of Prester JohnVirginiaDeserts of North AmericaThe Baron taken by the Savages, scalped, and tied to a Stake to be roastedEscape and killing of the SavagesOverland through the Forests of North AmericaArrival in RussiaReturn to EnglandThe Baron discovers the Library of AlexandriaThe Baron's meeting with Hermes Trismegistus Etc. Etc.

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