Baron Munchausen
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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 cha
Gustave Doré's portrait of Baron Munchausen
c. 1740 portrait of the real Münchhausen
Münchhausen's Bodenwerder manor house
The Baron entertaining guests, from a series of postcards by Oskar Herrfurth
Rudolf Erich Raspe
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Rudolf Erich Raspe 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
Baron Munchausen
…Baron Munchausen (; German: ) 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 baron Hieronymus…
A medallion relief portrait of Raspe by the Scottish engraver James Tassie
Picture from an old Dutch edition of Münchhausen (R. E. Raspe, De verrezen Gulliver. Amsterdam, 1827.)