A sequel to the adventures of Baron Munchausen, Containing his expedition into Africa [...] (With Twenty capital Copper-Plates, including the Baron’s Portrait)
Publisher: Printed for H. D. Symonds …
Published: 1792
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Description: <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Full title:</b> (With Twenty capital Copper-Plates, including the Baron’s Portrait) A sequel to the adventures of Baron Munchausen, Containing his expedition into Africa.—How he out-does Alexander.—Splits a rock at the Cape of Good Hope.—Wrecked on an island of ice.—Becomes acquainted with the Sphinx, Gog and Magog.—Overcomes above a thousand lions.—Buried in a whirlwind of sand.—Feasts on live bulls and Kava.—Is declared Sovereign of Africa, and builds a bridge from thence to Great-Britain, supported by a single arch.—Battle of his retinue with the famous Don Quixote. Becomes acquainted with the Colossus of Rhodes.—Chase of Wauwau through America.—Meets with a floating island.—Visits the islands in the South Sea.—Becomes acquainted with Omai.—Cuts a canal across the Isthmus of Darien.—Discovers the Alexandrian Library.—Besieges Seringapatam.—Overcomes Tippoo Saib.—Raises the hull of the Royal George; together with a variety of other very surprising Adventures. Humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveler, As the Baron conceives that it may be of some service to him, previous to his making another expedition into Abyssinia: But if this advice does not delight Mr. Bruce, the Baron is willing to fight him on any terms he pleases. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 12mo. pp. [1], 243, [20] plates. Signatures: A-V6X2. Half calf. Contains 20 unnumbered engravings, some dated 1 November 1792 by H. D. Symonds. On p. 25: “The second volume of Baron Munchausen's travels Mainly a satire on James Bruce's Travels to discover the source of the Nile With an advertisement on the verso of the titlepage for 'The adventures of Baron Munchausen [...] Of the seventh edition” with which this work is usually bound as the second volume.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">First edition; erroneously attributed to Rudolf Erich Raspe. With a mock-dedication to ‘Mr. [James] Bruce, the Abyssinian traveler.’ Based on Bruce's "Travels into Africa," published in 1790. See ESTC T111651.
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