TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO ML# 196 , When Marco Polo arrived at the court of the Great Khan, Pekin had just been rebuilt and made the capital of China. Kublai Khan was at the height of this glory. Marco Polo rose rapidly in Favour
by MARCO POLO, (1254-1329), Introduction by Manuel Komroff, Orange & White Running streamer Man, FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Flyleaf , Revised from Marsden's translation
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MODERN LIBRARY, 1931 HB NODUSTJACKET, STATED FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1931 on copyright pg, VG+, Green cloth with running streamer man on front in Gold Gilt & titled on Spine Cvr in Gilt , 4 1/2 X 6 3/4 in. APPROX ,hardcover-very thin boards, spine faded BUT GILT BRIGHT, good tight binding, pages toned with age. 349 PGS , NO ADS IN BACK , Kublai Khan was at the height of this glory. Marco Polo rose rapidly in favour and became governor of an important district. In this way he gained first-hand knowledge of a great civilization and described it in his travels with astounding accuracy and detail.". achieved an almost archetypal status as a traveller, and his Travels is one of the first great travel books of Western literature, outside the ancient world. The Travels recounts Polo's journey to the eastern court of Kublai Khan, the chieftain of the Mongol empire which covered the Asian continent, but which was almost unknown to Polo's contemporaries. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO ML# 196 , When Marco Polo arrived at the court of the Great Khan, Pekin had just been rebuilt and made the capital of China. Kublai Khan was at the height of this glory. Marco Polo rose rapidly in Favour
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- MARCO POLO, (1254-1329), Introduction by Manuel Komroff, Orange & White Running streamer Man, FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Flyleaf , Revised from Marsden's translation
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- 1st Edition
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- MODERN LIBRARY
- Date Published
- 1931
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- MODERN LIBRARY TRAVEL ADVENTURE MARCO POLO,
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