The Surprising Adventures of Baron Mucnhausen

Hardcover. (ND but waht appears to be the 1895 edition) Three-quarter red calf, gilt-ruled, and marbled boards; raised bands, ruled in gilt; decorative spine coffers, gilt; spine lettering gilt; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. lv + 299 pp. Illustrated with b/w textual illustrations and plates by William Strang and J. B. Clark; frontispiece by Strang. Introduction by Thomas Secombe. Bookplate on front pastedown; some slight rubbing to board & leather extremities. Secombe’s introduction makes the case for Raspe as author of this perennial favourite.