The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
The Easton Press, 1962. First Thus. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "Like New" condition. illustrations by Nikolai Fyodorovitch Lapshin. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. All edges gilt. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire end papers and permanent satin ribbon marker. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful gift book!
Synopsis
Books of the Marvels of the World or Description of the World (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed Il Milione ("The Million") or Oriente Poliano and commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue by Rustichello da Pisa and Marco Polo, describing the supposed travels of the latter through Asia, Persia, China, and Indonesia between 1271 and 1298. It was a very famous and popular book in the 13th century.
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- Bookseller
- Barbed Wire Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M0319
- Title
- The Travels of Marco Polo
- Author
- Marco Polo
- Illustrator
- Nikolai Fyodorovitch Lapshin
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 477
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gift Book, Fine Binding, Special Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; History; Biography & Autobiography; Travel; Easton Press;
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