Shelfmark
Ie3.4.14 - Ie3.4.15
Author
Uniform title
[Travels of Marco Polo. English]
Title
The book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East Translated and edited, with notes, by Colonel Sir Henry Yule ... In two volumes ...
Edition
Third edition, revised throughout in the light of recent discoveries by Henri Cordier ... With a memoir of Henry Yule by ... Amy Frances Yule ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : John Murray, 1903.
Physical description
2v., plates (some folded, some coloured) : ill. ; 8vo.
Note
Vol. I: ms. note on bookplate, with price (flyleaf).
Note
Previously: Bl.6.09 - Bl.6.10.
Provenance
Given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler in 1996; Kessler bookplate.
Provenance
Bookplate of Sir Francis Oswald Lindley, ambassador to Japan 1931-1934.
Binding
20th century green cloth with vignette of cockerel carrying off elephants on front cover.
Copy-specific note
Previously I.Kes
Subject
Voyages and travels.
Subject
Mongols History.
Subject
China Description and travel.
Subject
Asia Description and travel.
Added entry--name
Cordier, Henri, 1849 - 1925 editor.
Added entry--name
Yule, Henry, 1820 - 1889 translator and editor.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B10652