Author: J. O. Halliwell
Title: The Voyage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Kt. Which Treateth of the Way to Hierusalem&Apos;; and of Marvayles of Inde, with Other Ilands and Countryes. Reprinted from the Edition of A.D. 1725
Description: London, F. S. Ellis, 1869. Cloth. A smart copy of this supposed travel memoir of an Englishman named Sir John Mandeville, illustrated throughout. A later impression of this work. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in text drawings throughout. This work, commonly known as Mandeville's Travels, is a book written between 1357 and 1371 that claims to be the travel memoir of an Englishman named Sir John Mandeville. In it, he writes of his travels across the Islamic world. With many translations made over time, the work acquired extraordinary popularity. The text for this edition is taken from the copy published from a 1725 manuscript from the Cottonian Library.Although the stories are often fantastical in nature and unreliable, figures such as Christopher Columbus were heavily influenced by this work. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. With slight darkening to the spine and rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Ex libris of one T & M James to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are age toned. Offsetting to the endpapers and occasional spotting, with heavier scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves. Good . Ill.: Not stated. Good .
Keywords: Voyage Travel Sir John Mandeville Illustrated Travel Not stated
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Title: The Voyage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Kt. Which Treateth of the Way to Hierusalem&Apos;; and of Marvayles of Inde, with Other Ilands and Countryes. Reprinted from the Edition of A.D. 1725
Description: London, F. S. Ellis, 1869. Cloth. A smart copy of this supposed travel memoir of an Englishman named Sir John Mandeville, illustrated throughout. A later impression of this work. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in text drawings throughout. This work, commonly known as Mandeville's Travels, is a book written between 1357 and 1371 that claims to be the travel memoir of an Englishman named Sir John Mandeville. In it, he writes of his travels across the Islamic world. With many translations made over time, the work acquired extraordinary popularity. The text for this edition is taken from the copy published from a 1725 manuscript from the Cottonian Library.Although the stories are often fantastical in nature and unreliable, figures such as Christopher Columbus were heavily influenced by this work. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. With slight darkening to the spine and rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Ex libris of one T & M James to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are age toned. Offsetting to the endpapers and occasional spotting, with heavier scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves. Good . Ill.: Not stated. Good .
Keywords: Voyage Travel Sir John Mandeville Illustrated Travel Not stated
Price: GBP 50.00 = appr. US$ 71.40 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 912Y45
- Book number: 912Y45
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