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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Travels And Adventures, By Sea And Land, Of Baron Munchausen |
| Date | 1833 |
| Record ID | 243276 |
| Collection Name | Theme Based Selections |
| Reference | CL B265 T779 1831 |
| Theme | Travel Race, Ethnicity and Racism |
| Library of Congress Subject | Voyages and travels Interplanetary voyages Children's stories Adventure stories African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons Fantasy literature Burlesques |
| Genre | Adventure History Narratives Fantasy and Fairy Tales |
| Author | Baron Munchausen Raspe, Rudolf Erich (1737-1794) |
| Publisher | Nickerson, Charles V |
| Places | United States; Boston |
| Illustrator | Nickerson, Charles V |
| Document Type | Novel |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1831 Fantasy literature--1831 Imaginary voyages Burlesques Publishers' advertisements--Maryland--Baltimore Ornate types (Type evidence) Printed boards (Binding) Quarter bindings (Binding) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Intaglio prints Relief prints Hand-colored illustrations. |
| Size | viii, [1], 12-92 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 17 cm |
| Additional Notes | Containing His Expedition Into Africa--Destroys A Thousand Lions--Feasts On Wild Bulls--Is Scalp't And Roasted By Savages In The Wilds Of North America--The Baron Wrecked On An Island Of Ice--Builds A Cast Iron Bridge Of One Arch From The Interior Of Africa To England: Also, An Account Of His Celebrated Voyage To The Moon & Dog-Star: Humbly Dedicated Without Permission, To His Illustrious Grandson, The Hon Basil H--! Munchausen, RN |
| Catalog Notes | Stories supposedly told by Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen about his adventures and travels, as well as other tales traced to earlier sources; recorded by Rudolph Erich Raspe, who had the stories originally published in English in London, 1785. Cover title: The travels and adventures by the renowned Baron Munchausen, together with his visit to the moon & dog-star. Embellished with coloured copper-plate engravings. Baltimore, Nickerson's edition. 1831. Half-title: Baron Munchausen. Caption title: The adventures of Baron Munchausen. Running title: Surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen. Metal engravings hand-colored. The engravings are probably by the publisher, Charles V. Nickerson. "New publications."--pictorial advertisement, back cover featuring an African American woman and her two suitors. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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