The Travels of Marco Polo (the Venetian)
by Komroff, Manuel (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Books of the Marvels of the World or Description of the World (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed Il Milione ("The Million") or Oriente Poliano and commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue by Rustichello da Pisa and Marco Polo, describing the supposed travels of the latter through Asia, Persia, China, and Indonesia between 1271 and 1298. It was a very famous and popular book in the 13th century.
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28928
- Title
- The Travels of Marco Polo (the Venetian)
- Author
- Komroff, Manuel (Editor)
- Illustrator
- Witold Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition. Sixth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Horace Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Biography;, History, Travel, Adventure, Marco polo;, China
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Adventure;
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