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Author: Raspe (Richard). Illustrated by William Strand and J.B. Clark. Introduction by Thomas Seccombe.
Title: The Surprising Adventures of Baron MUNCHAUSEN.
Publisher: London, Chelsea Publishing Co., no date (1915).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8.5 " X 6 ".
Pages: lv-299 pages.
Binding:  Attractive and very good, near fine, full red morocco leather binding, finely bound and gilt decorated by Riviere bindery (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt. A very beautiful binding in a very good custom slipcase.
Content: Near fine content (bright, tight and clean - as shown). 
Illustrations: Complete with the frontispiece and all the beautiful illustrations by William Strand and J.B. Clark.

The book: Rare in such a nice Riviere binding. Attractive illustrated early 20th-century edition of -- The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen -- Baron Munchausen is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia. The character is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen.

The illustrators:
William Strang RA (13 February 1859 – 12 April 1921) was a Scottish painter and printmaker, notable for illustrating the works of Bunyan, Coleridge and Kipling.
Joseph Benwell Clark (1857 – 13 February 1938) was an English painter, etcher, engraver in mezzotint and drypoint, and book illustrator.
Victorian Painters describes Clark as a London painter of rustic subjects.

The author: Rudolf Erich Raspe (March 1736 – 16 November 1794) was a German librarian, writer, and scientist, called by his biographer John Patrick Carswell a "rogue". He is best known for his collection of tall tales The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, also known as Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, originally a satirical work with political aims.