THE TRAVELS AND SURPISING ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN. Illustrated with Five Woodcuts by G. Cruikshank, and Twenty-Two Ful-Page Curious Engravings.
London: William Tegg. 1868. Octavo, original brown cloth decorated in gold, black & blind, brown coated endpapers. 268 pp + 4 pp publisher's catalogue 'Mr. William Tegg's Catalogue of Popular Works; London, Pancras Lane, Cheapside" bound in at the rear. With a hand-coloured frontispiece and five small woodcuts by George Cruikshank in addition to twenty three extremely curious full-page engravings. Cloth worn at the corners with inner boards showing; lightly rubbed but clean and sound, the hinges tight, a nice copy. Uncommon. Item #313303
The fantastical adventures of the mysterious Baron Munchausen. This appears to be the first edition issued by tegg (it was reprinted often); the plates have the imprint "London: Thomas Tegg" but are copies or restrikes from the plates of the original editions.
Price (CAD): $292.50