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POLO, MARCO. The Travels of Marco Polo . . . translated from the Italian, with Notes, by William Marsden, F.R.S. &c. Folding engraved map as frontispiece. [4], lxxx, 781, [3] pages, including half-title and final errata leaf. 4to, 272x214 mm, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine rubbed, joints cracked, cords intact; endleaves browned, offsetting from map onto title, contents otherwise clean. London: Printed for the Author and sold by Longman et al., 1818
first marsden edition, inscribed by him on the half-title to the French orientalist Baron Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838). This was the second version in English after the translation by John Frampton published in 1579. The account of Marco Polo's 13th-century travels across Asia was first published in 1477 in German after having circulated widely in manuscript in different versions and translations. Sarton II, 1057-61.
