Marco Polo
translation: Henry Yule, Henri Cordier

THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO
Volume II.
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G.—ENGLISH EDITIONS.

56.—1. The most noble || and famous trauels of || Marcus Paulus, one || of the nobilitie of the state of || Venice, into the East partes || of the world, as Armenia, Per||sia, Arabia, Tartary, with || many other kingdoms || and Prouinces. || No lesse pleasant, than || profitable, as appeareth || by the Table, or Contents || of this Booke. || Most necessary for all sortes || of Persons, and especially || for Trauellers. || Translated into English. || At London, || Printed by Ralph Nevvbery, || Anno. 1579. Small 4to. pp. [28]+167+[1]. Sig. *-**** A-X.

Pp. 167 without the 28 first pages which contain the title (2 p.), the
epistle of the translator, Iohn Frampton (2 p.). Maister Rothorigo to the
Reader: An introduction into Cosmographie (10 pages), the Table of the
Chapters (6 p.). The Prologue (8 p.).

57.—2. The first Booke of Marcvs Pavlvs Venetvs, or of Master Marco Polo,
    a Gentleman of Venice, his Voyages. (Purchas, His Pilgrimes. London,
    Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, … 1625, Lib. I.
    Ch. 1111. pp. 65-108.)

After Ramusio.

58.—3. The Travels of Marco Polo, or Mark Paul, the Venetian, into Tartary, in 1272. (Astley's Collection of Travels, IV. pp. 580-619).

French translation in l'Hist. Gén. des Voyages.

59.—4. Harris's Navigantium atque Itin. Bib., ed. of 1715 and of 1744.

60.—5. The curious and remarkable Voyages and Travels of Marco Polo, a Gentleman of Venice who in the Middle of the thirteenth Century passed through a great part of Asia, all the Dominions of the Tartars, and returned Home by Sea through the Islands of the East Indies. [Taken chiefly from the accurate Edition of Ramusio, compared with an original Manuscript in His Prussian Majesty's Library and with most of the Translations hitherto published.] (Pinkerton, VII. p. 101.)

61.—6. Marco Polo. Travels into China and the East, from 1260 to 1295. (Robert Kerr, A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels…. Edinburgh, 1811-1824, vol. i.)

62.—7. The || Travels || of || Marco Polo, || a Venetian, || in the
    Thirteenth Century: || being a || Description, by that early
    traveller, || of || remarkable places and things, || in || the ||
    Eastern Parts of the World. || Translated from the Italian, || with ||
    Notes, || by William Marsden, F.R.S., &c. || With a Map. || London: ||
    M. DCCC. XVIII., large 4to, pp. lxxx.-782 + 1 f. n. ch. for the er.

The first 80 pages are devoted to a remarkable Introduction, in
which are treated of various subjects enumerated on p. 782: Life of
Marco Polo; General View of the Work; Choice of Text for Translation;
Original Language, etc. There is an index, pp. 757-781.

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