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The Travels of Marco Polo, The Complete Yule-Cordier Edition. With a Total of 198 Illustrations and 32 Maps and Site Plans. Three Volumes Bound as Two, Volume II
by Yule, Henry (translator)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0486275876
- ISBN 13
- 9780486275871
- Seller
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About This Item
New York : Dover Publications Inc, 1993. First edition . Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo. Binding is tight and spine is fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean Note that Volume 2 is sold as a set with Volume 1
Reprinted here in two volumes, with extensive editorial apparatus and some 200 illustrations, The Travels of Marco Polo offers a sweeping panorama of Persia, China, Japan, and other lands in the last half of the thirteenth century. This Dover edition is reprinted from the third edition (1903), revised and updated by Henri Cordier, of the magnificent translation made by Sir Henry Yule in 1871. Of inestimable value are the extensive notations by Yule that clarify and expand each chapter of the book. B & W illustrations and map illustrations
Reprinted here in two volumes, with extensive editorial apparatus and some 200 illustrations, The Travels of Marco Polo offers a sweeping panorama of Persia, China, Japan, and other lands in the last half of the thirteenth century. This Dover edition is reprinted from the third edition (1903), revised and updated by Henri Cordier, of the magnificent translation made by Sir Henry Yule in 1871. Of inestimable value are the extensive notations by Yule that clarify and expand each chapter of the book. B & W illustrations and map illustrations
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56408
- Title
- The Travels of Marco Polo, The Complete Yule-Cordier Edition. With a Total of 198 Illustrations and 32 Maps and Site Plans. Three Volumes Bound as Two, Volume II
- Author
- Yule, Henry (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0486275876
- ISBN 13
- 9780486275871
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 662
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Travllers Marco Polo, China, travel, travellers, Persia
- X weight
- 900.000 kg
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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