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The stories about Munchhausen were first collected and published by
an anonymous author in 1781. An English version was published in
London in 1785, by Rudolf Erich Raspe, as Baron Munchhausen's
Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, also
called The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchhausen. Rudolf Erich
Raspe (March 1736 - November 1794) was a German librarian, writer
and scientist. He is best known for his collection of tall tales,
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, originally a
satirical work with political aims.
It is a curious fact that of that class of literature to which
Munchausen belongs, that namely of Voyages Imaginaires, the three
great types should have all been created in England. Utopia,
Robinson Crusoe, and Gulliver, illustrating respectively the
philosophical, the edifying, and the satirical type of fictitious
travel, were all written in England, and at the end of the
eighteenth century a fourth type, the fantastically mendacious, was
evolved in this country. Of this type Munchausen was the modern
original, and remains the classical example. The adaptability of
such a species of composition to local and topical uses might well
be considered prejudicial to its chances of obtaining a permanent
place in literature. Yet Munchausen has undoubtedly achieved such a
place. The Baron's notoriety is universal, his character
proverbial, and his name as familiar as that of Mr. Lemuel
Gulliver, or Robinson Crusoe, mariner, of York. Condemned by the
learned, like some other masterpieces, as worthless, Munchausen's
travels have obtained such a world-wide fame, that the story of
their origin possesses a general and historic interest apart from
whatever of obscurity or of curiosity it may have to recommend it.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The
eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity
followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and
Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style
dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments
in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture,
architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional
works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic
operas, and more are also included. ++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT140375London:
printed for the author, by H. Goldney; and sold by T. Cadell, 1781.
vii, 1],148p., plate; 4
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The
eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity
followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and
Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style
dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments
in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture,
architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional
works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic
operas, and more are also included. ++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++<sourceLibrary>Library
of Congress<ESTCID>N065697<Notes>Vols. 1 and 2 with
parallel English and French title pages. With 58 numbered
plates.<imprintFull>London: printed for for and sold by James
Tassie; and J. Murray, C. Buckton, 1791. <collation>2v.; 4
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
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