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The Travels of Marco Polo, The Complete Yule-Cordier Edition, Three Volumes Bound as Two, Volume 1 (Containing the first Volume of the 1903 edition)
by Henry Yule (translator)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0486275868
- ISBN 13
- 9780486275864
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
New York : Dover Publications , 1993. Edition Not Stated. Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo. Biding is tight but there is a small closed split on the paper on the spine gutter which does not impact on the binding Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges clean Card covers are slightly bumped on corners, some slight wear on spine edges and a vertical crease on centre of spine Note - sold by Spencer and Murphy Booksellers as two volumes
Volume I, Three Volumes Bound as Two
Dedication Note by Miss Yule. Preface to Third Edition and Preface to Second Edition plus the Original Preface. Original Dedication - Memoir of Sir Henry Yule
As many schoolchildren know, Marco Polo (c. 1254-1324) was a Venetian traveler who, with his father and uncle, traveled to the Orient and brought back fabulous stories of exotic lands and people to an unbelieving medieval Europe. The journey lasted 25 years, 17 of which were spent at the court of Kublai Khan, the Chinese emperor. At some point after his return home, Marco Polo was imprisoned by the Genoese, then at war with Venice. It proved to be a fortunate incarceration, for while in prison Marco Polo dictated the story of his travels to a fellow-prisoner, a writer named Rustichello. The book that resulted is one of the greatest books of all time — a vast treasury of valuable observations on the people and geography of the Near East and Asia, with detailed descriptions of cities, customs, crops, animals, and wildlife, laws, political systems, and more. B & W illustrations and map illustrations
Volume I, Three Volumes Bound as Two
Dedication Note by Miss Yule. Preface to Third Edition and Preface to Second Edition plus the Original Preface. Original Dedication - Memoir of Sir Henry Yule
As many schoolchildren know, Marco Polo (c. 1254-1324) was a Venetian traveler who, with his father and uncle, traveled to the Orient and brought back fabulous stories of exotic lands and people to an unbelieving medieval Europe. The journey lasted 25 years, 17 of which were spent at the court of Kublai Khan, the Chinese emperor. At some point after his return home, Marco Polo was imprisoned by the Genoese, then at war with Venice. It proved to be a fortunate incarceration, for while in prison Marco Polo dictated the story of his travels to a fellow-prisoner, a writer named Rustichello. The book that resulted is one of the greatest books of all time — a vast treasury of valuable observations on the people and geography of the Near East and Asia, with detailed descriptions of cities, customs, crops, animals, and wildlife, laws, political systems, and more. B & W illustrations and map illustrations
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56407
- Title
- The Travels of Marco Polo, The Complete Yule-Cordier Edition, Three Volumes Bound as Two, Volume 1 (Containing the first Volume of the 1903 edition)
- Author
- Henry Yule (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Not Stated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0486275868
- ISBN 13
- 9780486275864
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 462
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Travellers Marco Polo, travel, China
- X weight
- 850.000 kg
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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