Ronald Latham THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO Folio Society 1968
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Ronald Latham THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO Folio Society 1968
First folio printing slipcased hardback of THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO translated and introduced by Ronald Latham and published by The Folio Society in 1968. Previous owner's name on the front endpaper.The book is in very good condition (patterned boards with gilt lettering to cloth spine) with some general wear (light rubbing to spine and back board and a couple of tiny dents). The book is in a very good- slipcase that has some loss due to rubbing and slight bumping to the edges.
Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West, he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. The accounts of his travels provide a fascinating glimpse of the different societies he encountered: their religions, customs, ceremonies and way of life; on the spices and silks of the East; on precious gems, exotic vegetation and wild beasts. He tells the story of the holy shoemaker, the wicked caliph and the three kings, among a great many others, evoking a remote and long-vanished world with colour and immediacy.
310 pages inluding Illustrations, Maps, Epilogue, Genealogical Table of Mongol Imperial House and Index.
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