Raspe, Rudolf Erich;
Baron Munchausen’s Travels: The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1907)
ICI Shelf: Trotter
First Line: “Why is it that scamps and scoundrels are so often clever and generally interesting, whilst the average human being is so often dull and generally uninteresting?”
Last Line: “If the King remained too long at the table, and was taken, it was not my fault.”
ICI History: Last Line, Today at the ICI — Twitter Feed (11-20-13); First Line, Today at the ICI — Twitter Feed (05-31-19)
Accession #: ICI-00023