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Marco Polo, W. Marsden (translation)

The Travels of Marco Polo, A Venetian, in the Thirteenth Century ..... (1818)

RARE FIRST EDITION of Marsden's translation and the second edition in English overall.

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Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, London, Printed for the Author, by Cox and Baylis and sold by Longman, Hurst, et al., 1818, 3/4 leather hardcover

First Edition of Marsden's translation, Very Good ++

Full title: "The Travels of Marco Polo, A Venetian, in the Thirteenth Century Being a Description, by That early traveller, of remarkable places and things, in the Eastern parts of the world. Translated from the Italian, with notes, by William Marsden, F.RS. &c"

Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, London, printed for the Author, by Cox and Baylis, 1818. 10.75" x 8.75 x 2.25"" (27.6x22x5.5cm). LXXX+781 [1], [1, errata], [1, ad] pages. With the fold-out map. Later, very solid three-quarter polished calf over marbled boards, marbled edges. Spine with 5 decorated bands and gilded title. Terracotta colored endpapers with a small bookstore label ISSEIDO Tokyo and ex-libris 'E. Bibl. Radcl.' [Bodleian Library, Radcliffe Science Library], after 1773. Previous owners name on free endpaper, with date Nov. 1943.. Folding map in excellent, undamaged condition opposite title page. Some offsetting of the map on title page. Pages clean and undamaged, no spots or foxing.

From the library of a gentleman, who was a rare book dealer in Bangkok in the 1970's and 80's, after his military service in Vietnam..

Indisputably the best translation of this classic work of travel and exploration of Marco Polo (1254-1324), a Venetian merchant traveler, whose recorded travels did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. The influence of Marco Polo's journey to and residence in China in the thirteenth century was profound. Marco Polo's narrative was to reveal to the West the wealth and great size of the Mongol Empire and China in the Yuan Dynasty, giving the first comprehensive look into China, Persia, India, Japan and other Asian cities and countries.

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