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The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Thomas Seccombe - 1895

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The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

by Thomas Seccombe

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Privately printed for subscribers, 1895. Hardcover. Privately printed in 3/4 leather with marbled end papers, teg, partially unopened, illustrated by William Strang and J.B. Clark From the intro: 'The book has, moreover, at the same time provided illustrations to writers and orators, and the richest and most ample material for illustrations to artists. The original rough woodcuts are anonymous, but the possibilities of the work were discovered as early as 1809, by Thomas Rowlandson, who illustrated the edition published in that year. The edition of 1859 owed embellishments to Crowquill, while Cruikshank supplied some characteristic woodcuts to that of 1869. Coloured designs for the travels were executed by a French artist Richard in 1878, and illustrations were undertaken independently for the German editions by Riepenhausen and Hosemann respectively. The German artist Adolph Schrdter has also painted a celebrated picture representing the Baron surrounded by his listeners. But of all the illustrations yet invented, the general verdict has hitherto declared in favour of those supplied to Thophile Gautier's French edition of 1862 by Gustave Dor, who fully maintained by them the reputation he had gained for work of a similar /genre/ in his drawings for Balzac's /Contes Drlatiques/. When, however, the public has had an opportunity of appreciating the admirably fantastic drawings made by Mr. William Strang and Mr. J. B. Clark for the present edition, they will probably admit that Baron Munchausen's indebtedness to his illustrations, already very great, has been more than doubled.' William Strang (1859-1921) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The painter, etcher, engraver and illustrator William Strang, was born in Dunbarton, Scotland. The son of a builder, he worked as a clerk before coming to London in 1876 to work at the Slade School, briefly under Poynter, and then for six years as pupil and then assistant to Legros. He was a lazy pupil, working only a couple of hours a day, until, after some two years, he was struck by the work of a contemporary student, H. S. Tuke, and decided to rival him in artistry. He painted, and from the beginning of the 1880s etched, becoming a founder member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, and exhibiting his work at the Royal Academy. As an etcher, he was extremely prolific, carrying out 180 original etchings by the age of 30. At first much influenced by his master, Legros, later he was associated with Ricketts and Shannon, and worked for C. R. Ashbee's Essex House Press. He became ARA in 1906 (as an engraver), and was elected RA in 1921, in which year he died suddenly. His work was very favorably reviewed in The New Age, February 1, 1907.
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London: Chelsea Publishing Co.. Leather . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. No date, but was possibly printed in 1930s. Author not listed, but Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736 – 1794) was German writer credited with this classic adventure tale, and Rapse is discussed at length in Thomas Seccombe's introduction. The translator is unnamed. Navy blue leather cover deeply sun-bleached spine and board edges.Gold lettering & decorative borders. Gilt textblock edges. Sound binding. Marble print end pages. 'Preface to The First Edition' is reprinted. (XIV intro + 299 pages)
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