Click for full-size.
Papal Envoys to the Great Khans
by De Rachewiltz, I. [Igor]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0804707707
- ISBN 13
- 9780804707701
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Stanford: Stanford University Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0804707707 . Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Red ink line on top page edges. Dust-jacket in protective cover, glued down to endpapers. ; First US edition. 230 pages + 8 plates + 1 double page map. Purple cloth boards with gilt lettering in black panel on spine. Page dimensions: 200 x 131mm. Contents: Preface; Introduction; I In Seach of Prester John: Europe's Early Vision of Asia; II The Mongols and Europe; III Ad Tartaros! ; IV Friar John, The Diplomat; V The Dominican Envoys; VI Friar William, The Missionary; VII The Mongol Crusade; VIII The Archbishop of Khanbaliq; IX Odoric, The Roving Friar; X The Last Mission to Cathay; Epilogue; Bibliography; Appendix: The Letter of the Great Khan Guyug to Pope Innocent IV (1246) ; Index. [Series Title: "Great Travellers", General Editor: George Woodcock]. ; 8vo .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 24170
- Title
- Papal Envoys to the Great Khans
- Author
- De Rachewiltz, I. [Igor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0804707707
- ISBN 13
- 9780804707701
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Stanford
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- 0804707707, Central Asia History William Of Rubruck Odoric Of
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Frequently asked questions
Learn about Bayntun-Rivière Binders
Are you enchanted by books clad in fine bindings? This is the gallery for you to peruse! Learn more about Bayntun, Rivière & Sons, and their combined work as Bayntun-Rivière.
Bob Dylan - 2016 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
From the first screech of his electric guitar upsetting musicians at a folk festival to his writing and paintings, Bob Dylan has risen to become a seminal force in American popular culture. In 2016, he was recognized by the Nobel Committee. Learn more about his creations...
