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The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian : concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?
Other Authors: Cordier, Henri, 1849-1925, Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : J. Murray, 1926.
Edition:3d ed., revised
Subjects:
Genghis Khan, > 1162-1227.
Description
Item Description:Translated from Pauthier's text, Paris, 1865. All items of real value found in the Geographic text, published by the Soc. geog. de Paris, 1824, and omitted by Pauthier, have been inserted and everything peculiar in Ramusio's version having a just claim to be reckoned authentic has been introduced in square brackets. cf. introduction, volume 1, pages 141-142.
Physical Description:2 volumes : frontispiece, illustrations, plates (part color, part folded) portraits, maps (part folded) plans, facsimiles (part folded) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:"List of mss. of Marco Polo's book as far as they are known": volume 2, pages 530-551.--"Bibliography of Marco Polo's book": volume 2, pages 553-582.--"A bibliography of Sir Henry Yule's writings com pages by H. Cordier and A. F. Yule": volume 1, pages lxxv-lxxxii (Based on the preliminary list compiled by E. D. Morgan, Scottish geog. mag., volume VI, pages 97-98)--"Titles of works which are cited by abbreviated references in this book": volume 2, pages 582-590.