Die Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen

Baron Munchausen"s astounding feats included riding cannonballs, traveling to the Moon, and pulling himself out of a bog by his own hair. The Baron"s definitive visual image belongs to Gustave Dore, the artist famed for his engravings of scenes from the Divine Comedy, Don Quixote, and other literary classics. 160 black-and-white illustrations.