Munchausen at the Pole; or the Surprising and Wonderful Adventures of a Voyage of Discovery...By the renowned Capt. Munchausen
London and Dublin: J. Johnston; R. Milliken, 1819. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Item #24634 .
12mo. Original drab boards, gray paper spine, uncut. (10), 164pp. plus 4pp publisher's catalogue. Half-title, folding hand-colored etched frontispiece and 4 hand-colored plates, as called for. Boards well worn, text has spotting and soiling, frontispiece folds have been reinforced from behind,ink name and an erasure on the half title. Only a good copy.
Surprisingly rare satire on Arctic exploration. Only a few copies noted in library holdings.
Another edition was printed in 1824.
Price: $3,500.00
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