THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO
Written by Marco Polo, Ronald Latham
Published by Folio Society
in 1968
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THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO
Written by Marco Polo, Ronald Latham.
Stock no. 1830201
1st thus.
1968.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Translated and introduced by Ronald Latham. Black cloth spine with gilt title, burgundy paper boards. Maps to endpapers. Colour plates (illuminated manuscripts) reproduced taken from The Bodleian Library. 310 pages including index. Top edge red. Spine lightly scuffed, boards very lightly faded. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is worn at edges and starting to split at one edge, scuffed.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- Prologue
- The Middle East
- The Road to Cathay
- Kubilai Khan
- From Peking to Bengal
- From Peking to Amoy
- From China to India
- India
- The Arabian Sea
- Northern Regions and Tartar Wars
- Epilogue
- Genealogical Table of Mongol Imperial House
- Index
- Maps