Rudolph eric raspe (4 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover Edition thus; First Printing. Terry Gilliam, of "Monty Python" comedy ensemble fame also directed this tour de force. Free Book stamp on the ffep. Illustrated by James Victore and Joyce Houlihan. Adventures, written by Rudolph Erich Raspe in 1785, became an instant best-seller, and was hailed as a comic sensation in the satirical spirit of Gulliver's Travels and Tom Jones. Terry Gilliam has now resurrected the Baron and his comrades in entirely new adventures.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Undated edition. Maroon cloth boards. Inner hinges are cracked. Scuffing and marks on cover and spine. Few marks on the end papers. No jacket. illustrated with thirty-seven curious engravings, from the baron's own desighns, and five woodcuts by G. Cruikshank (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Folding frontispiece and eight etched plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 12mo. [177 x 110 x 15 mm]. [1]f, viii, 144 pp. Recently bound in half calf, marbled paper sides, smooth spine, lettered in gilt on a maroon label, new endleaves, uncut edges. Abbey, Life, 245. This is the second edition with Rowlandson's illustrations, preceded by Tegg's edition of 1809. Without the half-title. There is some off-setting from the plates and occasional spotting, light soiling and minor staining. It is still a good copy and has the virtue of being entirely uncut. The plates are bound together at the front, and are captioned at the head.…

First edition illustrated by Strang and Clark. This fantastic travel account was first published in 1786 as a 42-page chapbook titled Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia. The work was not definitively attributed to Rudolph Eric Raspe until 1824. "Though the greatest of all travel liars, Raspe's Munchausen was based on a real German original, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr von Münchausen (1720-1797), who during his youth had fought in Russia against the Turks" (ODNB). Octavo. Frontispiece with tissue guard, 30 plates, illustrated throughout text. Title page printed in red and black. Original white cloth lettered and decorated in black, wavy black stripes to edges. Armorial bookplate of pioneering ship-owner and MP for Barrow-in-Furness Sir Charles William Cayzer, 1st Baronet of Gartmore (1843-1916). His shipping company, Cayzer, Irvine & Co., was a significant force in the trade between Britain and India. Later ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Spine toned, spine ends bumped, light rubbing to cloth, foxing to outer leaves. A very good copy.…