Chapter CXXV: Appendix: H.—Bibliography of Marco Polo’s Book (1)

I.—PRINCIPAL EDITIONS.

We attempt a list of all the editions of Polo; a task for which Sir Henry Yule had no advantages, and which will be found well done for the time in Lazari’s Appendix, based on Marsden. It may be also useful to mention the chief Editions, with their dates.

1477. The first Printed Edition is in German. We give a reduced
Facsimile of its Frontispiece. (See p. 555.)

1481. A reproduction of the preceding at Augsburg, in the same volume
with the _History of Duke Leopold and his Son William of Austria_.

About 1490. Pipino’s Latin; the only printed edition of that version.
Without place, date, or printer’s name. (See p. 558.)

1496. Edition in Venetian Dialect, printed by J. B. da Sessa.

1500. The preceding reproduced at Brescia (often afterwards in Italy).

1502. Portuguese version from Pipino, along with the Travels of Nicolo
Conti. Printed at Lisbon by Valentym Fernandez Alemao (see vol.
ii. of this work, p. 295). Stated to have been translated from
the MS. presented by Venice to Prince Pedro (vol. i. p. _135_.)

1503. Spanish version by Rodrigo de Santaella. _Sevilla_.

1529. Ditto. Reprinted at Logroño.

1532. Novus Orbis—Basileæ. (See vol. i. p. _95_.)

1556. French version from the _Novus Orbis_.

1559. Ramusio’s 2nd volume, containing his version of Polo, of which we
have spoken amply.

1579. First English Version, made by John Frampton, according to
Marsden, from the Spanish version of Seville or Logroño.

1625. Purchas’s _Pilgrims_, vol. iii. contains a very loose translation
from Ramusio.

1664. Dutch Version, from the _Novus Orbis. Amsterdam_.

1671. Andreas Müller of Greiffenhagen reprints the Latin of the _Novus
Orbis_, with a collation of readings from the Pipino MS. at
Berlin; and with it the book of Hayton, and a disquisition _De
Chataiâ_. The Editor appears to have been an enthusiast in his
subject, but he selected his text very injudiciously. (See vol.
i. p. _96_.)

1735. Bergeron’s interesting collection of Mediæval Travels in Asia,
published in French at the Hague. The _Polo_ is a translation
from Müller, and hence is (as we have already indicated) at 6th
hand.

1747. In Astley’s Collection, IV. 580 _seqq._, there is an abstract of
Polo’s book, with brief notes, which are extremely acute, though
written in a vulgar tone, too characteristic of the time.

1818. Marsden’s famous English Edition.

1824. The Publication of the most valuable MS. and most genuine form of
the text, by the Soc. de Géographie of Paris. (See vol. i. p.
_83_.) It also contains the Latin Text (No. 24 in our list of
MSS. App. F.).

1827. Baldelli-Boni published the Crusca MS. (No. 40), and republished
the Ramusian Version, with numerous notes, and interesting
dissertations. The 2 volumes are cumbered with 2 volumes more
containing, as a Preliminary, a History of the Mutual Relations
of Europe and Asia, which probably no man ever read. _Florence_.

1844. Hugh Murray’s Edition. It is, like the present one, eclectic as
regards the text, but the Editor has taken large liberties with
the arrangement of the Book.

1845. Bürck’s German Version, Leipzig. It is translated from Ramusio,
with copious notes, chiefly derived from Marsden and Ritter.
There are some notes at the end added by the late Karl Friedrich
Neumann, but as a whole these are disappointing.

1847. Lazari’s Italian edition was prepared at the expense of the late
Senator T. Pasini, in commemoration of the meeting of the Italian
Scientific Congress at Venice in that year, to the members of
which it was presented. It is a creditable work, but too hastily
got up.

1854. Mr. T. Wright prepared an edition for Bohn’s _Antiq. Library_.
The notes are in the main (and professedly) abridged from
Marsden’s, whose text is generally followed, but with
the addition of the historical chapters, and a few other
modifications from the Geographic Text.

1854–57. _Voyageurs Anciens et Modernes, &c. Par M. Ed. Charton.
Paris._ An interesting and creditable popular work. Vol. ii.
contains Marco Polo, with many illustrations, including copies
from miniatures in the _Livre des Merveilles_. (See list in App.
F. p. 528.)

1863. Signor Adolfo Bartoli reprinted the Crusca MS. from the original,
making a careful comparison with the Geographic Text. He has
prefixed a valuable and accurate Essay on Marco Polo and the
Literary History of his Book, by which I have profited.

1865. M. Pauthier’s learned edition.

1871. First edition of the present work.

1873. First publication of Marco Polo in Russian.

1875. Second edition of this work.

1882. Facsimile of the French Stockholm MS. by Baron A. E. Nordenskiöld.

II.—BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED EDITIONS.[1]

A.—GERMAN EDITIONS.

1.—1. Nuremberg ... 1477.

The first translation of Marco Polo’s Book was printed in German, at Nuremberg, in 1477.

Collation: 58 ff. folio without pagination and without signatures.

_Verso f._ 1: Frontispiece: Portrait of Marco Polo with this inscription round the border: [Top] Das ist der edel Ritter. Marcho polo von [right] Venedig der grost landtfarer. der vns beschreibt die grossen wunder der welt [Foot] die er selber gesehenn hat. Von dem auffgang [left] pis zu dem nydergãg der sunnẽ. der gleychẽ vor nicht meer gehört seyn. [See p. 555.]

_Recto f._ 2, begins:

⍧ Hie hebt sich an das puch dés edelñ Ritters vñ landtfarers ‖
Marcho polo. In dem er schreibt die grossen wunderlichen ‖ ding
dieser welt. Sunderlichen von den grossen kũnigen vnd ‖ keysern
die da herschen in den selbigen landen | vnd von irem ‖ volck vnd
seiner gewonheit da selbs.

_Verso f._ 58: ⍧ Hie endet sich das puch des edelñ Ritters und lañdtfarerz ‖ Marcho polo | das do sagt võ mangerley wunder der landt ‖ vñ lewt | vñ wie er die selbigen gesehen vñ durch faren hat ‖ von dẽ auffgang pisz zu dem nydergang der sũnẽ Seliglich.

⍧ Disz hat gedruckt Fricz Creũszner zu Nurm̃berg Nach cristi ‖ gepurdt Tausent vierhundert vñ im siben vñ sibenczigtē iar.

The copy which I have examined is in the Grenville Library, No. 6787. (Vide _Bib. Grenvilliana_, Part II. p. 305.) When Marsden edited his _Marco Polo_, Grenville did not possess this edition. The only known copy was in the Vienna Imperial Library, but was without the portrait. Grenville had made a transcript spoken of by Marsden, pp. lxx.–lxxi., which we describe _infra_. “When Mr. Marsden,” says Grenville in a MS. note at the beginning of this fine volume, “published his translation of this work, the only known copy of this first German Edition was in the Imperial Library at Vienna, and I had a literal transcript made from it: Since that time a second copy was found and sold by Payne and Foss to Lord Spencer: and now I have purchased from Leipsick a third [the present] beautiful copy. I know of no fourth copy. The copy at Vienna wants the portrait.”

Vide _Bib. Spenceriana_, vol. vi. p. 176.

Other copies are to be found at the Imperial Library, Vienna, the Royal Library, Berlin, the _Germanisches Museum_, Nuremberg; a sixth copy was in the Crawford Collection (London, June, 1887, 1359) with the portrait, and was purchased by B. Quaritch. [See _H. Cordier, Cent. of Marco Polo_, p. 41.]

—The copy we just spoke of has No. LII. in the Grenville collection, British Museum; it is a folio of 114 pages numbered with a pencil; bound with the arms of the Rᵗ. Honbˡᵉ. Thoˢ. Grenville. Page 114, the exactness of this copy is thus certified: “Apographum collatum cum prototypo, quod in Bibliotheca Palatina Vindobonensi adservatur. Illo quidem, qui descripsit, recitante ex prototypo, me vero hoc apographum inspectante. Respondet pagina paginae, versui versus & syllaba syllabae. Vindobonae die 29. Augusti 1817. B. Kopitar, Biblioth. Palatinae Vindobon. scriptor.”

With this manuscript is bound a letter addressed to Mr. Grenville by the Chevalier Scotti, who had the copy made; it is dated “Vienne 20 nmbre 1817,” and ends with this post-scriptum: “N. B. Comme cette Edition fort peu connue du 477. est une édition non seulement précieuse, mais à la vérité fort rare aussi, elle avoit été prise par les François et portée à Paris la dernière fois qu’ils ont été à Vienne. Elle y a été rendue avec tout le reste qu’on avoit emporté à la suite des heureux succès des Coilisés, auxquels L’immortel Wellington a tant contribué en y mettant la dernière couronne dont les lauriers resteront à jamais inflétrissables.”

2.—2. Augsburg ... 1481.

—The second German edition of Marco Polo has been reprinted at Augsburg in 1481; it is as scarce as the first edition; I have examined the copy in the Imperial Library at St. Petersburg.

Collation: 60 ff. folio, without pagination nor signatures.

_Recto f._ 1: End of the story of William of Austria, after which is printed Marco Polo.

_Verso f._ 1: Frontispiece: Portrait of Marco Polo coloured with this inscription round the border: [Top] Das ist der edel ritter Marcho polo von Venedig. [right] der grõst landfarer. der vns beschreibt die grossen wunder der welt die er selber gese [foot] hen hat. Von dem auffgang biss zu dem nidergang der [left] sunnen | der geleich vor nit meer gehört seind.

_Recto f._ 2, begins:

Hie hept sich an das buch des edlẽ ritters vñ landtfarers Marcho
polo. in dem er schreibt die grossen wunderlichen ding diser
welt. sunderlichen võ den grossen künigen vnd keisern | die da
herschen in den selbigen landen vnd von jrem volck vnnd seiner
gewonheÿt da selbs.

_Recto f._ 60: Hie enndet sich herczog Wilhalm von österreich vñ das buch des edeln ritters vñ landtfarers Marcho polo | das da sagt von mengerleÿ wunder der land vnd leüt. vnd wie er die selbigẽ gesehen vñ durch faren hat von dem auffgang biss zu dem nÿdergang d’sunnen Seligklich. Diss hat gedruckt Anthonius Sorg zu Augspurg Nach xp̃i gepurt tausent vier hundert vnd jm lxxxj. jare.

No. fig. in the text.

3.—3. Die New Welt der landschaften vnnd Insulen ... gedruckt zu
Strassburg durch Georgen Vlricher ... An. M.D.XXXIIII, folio.

Ff. 103–133; Marr Paulen des Venedigers Erst Buch | von den Morgenlandern.—Ff. 134–152: Haithon des Armeniers Premonstratensis ordens | von den Tartern.

Translated from the _Novus Orbis Regionvm_.—See 11–12.

4.—4.* M. Polus. Reise in die Tartarey und zum Grossen Chan von Chatai,
uebersetzt. v. H. Megisser. Altenburg, 1609, 8vo.

H. Ternaux-Compans, _Bibliothèque asiatique et africaine_, No. 1031.—[Notwithstanding all my researches, I could not find this edition in any private or public library in Germany.—H. C.]

5.—5. Chorographia Tartariæ: ‖ Oder ‖ Warhafftige Beschreibung der
‖ vberaus wunderbahrlichen Reise | ‖ welche der Edle vnd weit
erfahrne Venedigi—‖ sche GENTILHUOMO MARCUS POLUS, mit dem ‖
zunahmen MILLION, noch vor vierthalb hundert Jah=‖ren | in die
Oriental vnd Morgenlãnder | Sonderlich aber in ‖ die Tartarey |
zu dem grossen Can von Cathai | zu ‖ Land vnd Wasser Persönlich
verrichtet: ‖ Darinnen ausführlich vnd vmbständ=‖lich erzehlet
werden | viel zuvor vnbekandte Landschaff=‖ten | Königreich vnd
Städt | sampt dero Sitten vnd ‖ Gebräuchen | vnd andern seltzamen
Sachen: ‖ Die Er | als der erste Erfinder der newen Welt | gegen
‖ Orient | oder den Ost Indien | gesehen vnd erfahren. ‖ In drey
vnterschiedliche Bücher abge=‖[t]heilet: sampt einem Discurs
Herrn Johan Bapti=‖stae Rhamnusij | der Herrschafft zu Vene=‖dig
geheimen Secretarij | von dem ‖ Leben des Autoris. ‖ Alles
aus dem Original | so in Italianischer ‖ Sprach beschrieben |
treulich vnd mit fleis ver=‖ teutschet | auch mit Kupfferstücken
‖ geziehret | durch ‖ HIERONYMUM MEGISERUM.—‖ Anno M. DC. XI. ‖
Leipzig | in vorlegung Henning Grossen des Jüngern. Small 8vo.
pp. 354 (last page numbered by mistake 351) + 36 prel. ff. for
the tit., preface, etc., and 7 ff. at the end for the table.

Plates.—See p. 350: _Alphabetum Tartaricúm_, et _Oratio Dominica Tartaricé_.

6.—6. Die Reisen des Marco Polo, oder Marcus Paulus, eines Venetianers,
in die Tartarey, im Jahre 1272. (_Allgemeine Historie der
Reisen_, Leipzig, 1750, VII, pp. 423 _et seq._)

7.—7. Marco Paolo’s ‖ Reise in den Orient | ‖ während der Jahre
1272 bis 1295. ‖—Nach den ‖ vorzüglichsten Original=Ausgaben
verdeutscht, ‖ und ‖ mit einem Kommentar begleitet ‖ von ‖ Felix
Peregrin.‖—Ronneburg und Leipzig, ‖ bei August Schumann, 1802,
8vo., pp. vi–248.

P. 248: Eisenberg, gedruckt bei Johann Wilhelm Schöne.

8.—8. Die Reisen des Venezianers Marco Polo im dreizehnten
Jahrhundert.—Zum ersten Male vollständig nach den besten
Ausgaben Deutsch mit einem Kommentar von August Bürck.—Nebst
Zusätzen und Verbesserungen von Karl Friedrich Neumann. Leipzig,
B. G. Teubner, 1845, 8vo, pp. xvi–631.

—Di un frammento inedito di Marco Foscarini intorno ai Viaggiatori Veneziani e di una nuova traduzione in tedesco dei Viaggi di Marco Polo. [By Tommaso Gar] (_Archivio Storico Italiano_, Appendice, T. IV, Firenze, 1847, pp. 89 _et seq._)

9.—9. Die Reisen des Venezianers Marco Polo im dreizehnten
Jahrhundert.—Zum ersten Male vollständig nach den besten
Ausgaben Deutsch mit einem Kommentar von August Bürck. Nebst
Zusätzen und Verbesserungen von Karl Friedrich Neumann. Zweite
unveränderte Ausgabe.—Leipzig, Druck und Verlag von B. G.
Teubner, 1855, 8vo, pp. xvi–631.

B.—LATIN EDITIONS.

10.—1. _Commence_; ⍧ In nomine dn̄i nri ihū xp̄i filij dei viui et veri amen. Incipit plogus ī libro dn̄i marci pauli de venecijs de cōsuetudinibus et cōdicionibus orientaliū regionū.

Then the declaration of “Frater franciscus pepur. de bononia frm̃ p̄dicatorū” who translated the work from the vulgar language into Latin.

End p. 147: Explicit liber dn̄i marci de venecijs Deo gracias.

Collation: 74 f. or 148 pages; the last is blank, 4to, no title, no pagination; signatures p. 1, a. 1 = p. 141, k. 3 (_a-h_, par 8; _i_, by 4; _k_, by 6); maximum 33 lines by page; [1485?].

It is interesting to note that Christopher Columbus had a copy of this edition of Marco Polo, now kept in the Colombina at Seville. The margins of the following folios contain the autograph notes of the great navigator:

9 v. 31 r. & v. 46 v. 55 r. & v. 66 r. & v.
13 v. 36 v. 47 r. & v. 57 r. & v. 67 r. & v.
15 r. & v. 38 v. 48 r. & v. 59 r. & v. 68 r. & v.
17 v. 39 r. 49 r. & v. 60 r. & v. 69 r. & v.
18 r. & v. 40 r. & v. 50 r. & v. 61 r. & v. 70 r. & v.
19 r. 41 r. 51 r. & v. 62 r. & v. 71 r. & v.
23 r. & v. 42 r. & v. 52 r. & v. 63 r. 72 r. & v.
24 r. & v. 43 r. & v. 53 r. & v. 64 v. 73 r. & v.
25 r. 44 r. & v. 54 r. 65 r. & v. 74 r.

Cf. Simón de la Rosa y Lopéz, pp. XXIII, XLIII–XLIV of vol. II, Sevilla, 1891, 4to: _Biblioteca Colombina_.—Catálogo de sus libros impresos publicado por primera vez en virtud de acuerdo del Excmo. é Ilmo. Sr. Déan y Cabildo de la Santa Metropolitana y Patriarcal Iglesia de Sevilla bajo la immediata dirección de su Bibliotecario el Ilmo. Sr. Dr. D. Servando Arbolí y Faraudo Dignidad de Capellán Mayor de San Fernando.—See also H. Harrisse, _Bibl. americana vetustissima_.—Additions, p. XII.

“Edition fort rare, dit Brunet, et la plus ancienne que l’on ait de cette version latine de Marco Polo, faite par Pipino, vers 1320. Elle est imprimée avec les mêmes caractères, que l’_Itinerarium_ de Joan. de Mandeville, c’est-à-dire par Gerard de Leeu, à Anvers, vers 1485, et non pas à Rome et à Venise, comme on l’avait supposé. Vend. 4 liv. 14 sh. 6d. Hanrott; 7 liv. Libri en 1859. (_Choicer portion_, 1562.)” Brunet writes elsewhere (cf. _Mandeville_ par H. Cordier) about Mandeville from the same press: “... La souscription que nous allons rapporter semble prouver qu’elle a été imprimée à Venise; cependant Panzer, IX, 200, la croit sortie des presses de Theodoric Martin, à Aloste, et M. Grenville en trouvait les caractères conformes à ceux que Gérard Leeu a employés à Anvers, de 1484–1485. M. Campbell (_Ann. de la typ. néerlandaise_) la donne à Gérard Leeu, et fixe la date de l’impression à la première année du séjour de ce typographe à Anvers, après son départ de Gouda.”

It is certain from the use of the signatures =a=, =aa=, =a=, and the similitude of the type of the three works, that the _Mandeville_, the _Ludolphe_, and the _Marco Polo_ come from the same printing office, and have been printed together as it seems to be proved by the copy of the Sunderland Library, which was complete and contained the three works.

Lazari, p. 460, writes: “Jo. de Mandeville itineraria: Dom. Ludolph. de itinere ad Terram Sanctam: M. Paul. Venet. de regionibus orientalibus. Liber rariss. Zwollis, 1483, in–4.

“Leggiamo questa nota nell’opera _Bibliotheca Beauclerkiana or Sale catalogue of the books of Topham Beauclerk’s Library_, London, 1781, P. II., p. 15, n. 430. Marsden però ritiene celarsi sotto quell’erronea indicazione la seguente prima edizione [s. a., 4to] latina de’ viaggi di M. Polo. Egli istitui molte ricerche per rinvenire in Inghilterra quell’esemplare, ma non gli è stato possibile di averne traccia.”

11.—2. Marci Pavli Veneti, de Regionibvs orientalibvs Libri III.
(_Novus Orbis Regionum_).

Editions of 1532, 1537, 1555.—See 3-3.

12.—3. Marci Pavli ‖ Veneti Itinerarivm, ‖ seu de rebus Orientalibus ‖
Libri tres. ‖ Helmaestadii, ‖ M.D. LXXXV, 4to.

Part of the Collection of Reineccius:

—Reineri Reinecii ‖ Polyhistoris clarissimi ‖ Historia O—‖ rientalis: ‖ Hoc est ‖ Rerum in oriente à Christianis, Saracenis, Tur-‖cis & Tartaris gestarum diuersorum ‖ Auctorum. ‖ Totum opus in duas partes tribulum est, ‖ contenta in singulis sequens ‖ pagina indicat. ‖ Helmaestadii, ‖ Typis Iacobi Lucij, impensis heredum Ludolphi ‖ Brandes. Anno 1602, 4to.

Verso of the title:

_Primus Tomus continet:_

—Chronicon Hierosolomytanum, cum appen-‖dice Reineri Reineccij & Chronologia ‖ Henr. Meibomij.

_In Altero sunt:_

—Vita Henrici VII. Imp. auctore Conrado Vec—‖erio.

—Vita Caroli IIII. Imp. ab ipso Carolo con-‖scripta.

—Historia Orientalis Haythoni Armenij.

—Pauli Veneti Itinerarium.

—Fragmentum de reb. orientalibus ex Speculo ‖ Historiali Vincentij Beluacensis.

—Appendix ad Expositiones Haythoni auctore ‖ Rein. Reineccio.

The colophon at the end of the first part has the date of 1584; at the end of the second part, 1585.

—This Marco Polo was reprinted according to Lazari, p. 465, in 1602.

13.—4. MARCI PAULI VENETI, ‖ Historici fidelissimi juxta ac
praestantissimi, ‖ de ‖ REGIONIBUS ‖ orientalibus ‖ libri
III. ‖ Cum Codice Manuscripto Biblio-‖thecae Electoralis
Brandenburgicae collati, exq’; ‖ eo adjectis Notis plurimùm
tum suppleti ‖ tum illustrati. ‖ Accedit, propter cognationem
materiae, ‖ HAITHONI ARMENI HISTORIA ‖ orientalis: quae &
de Tartaris ‖ inscribitur; ‖ Itemque ‖ ANDREAE MÜLLERI,
Greiffenhagii, ‖ de CHATAJA, cujus praedictorum Auctorum uter-‖
que mentionem facit, DISQUISITIO; inq́ue ipsum ‖ Marcum Paulum
Venetum PRAEFATIO, & ‖ locupletissimi INDICES. ‖ Coloniae
Brandenburgicae, ‖—Ex Officina Georgii Schulzii, Typogr. Elect. ‖
Anno M. DC. LXXI. 4to.

Contains:

Engraved frontispiece.

Dedicatory Epistle, 3 ff. not numbered.

Andreæ MÜLLERI Greiffenhagii, in Marci Pauli Veneti Chorographiam, Praefatio, pp. 26.

Doctorum Virorum De hoc Marci Pauli Veneti Opere Testimonia, ac Judicia ... (Franciscus Pipinus, etc.) 8 ff. n. ch.

MARCI PAULI Veneti De Regionibus orientalibus Libri III, pp. 167.

Index primus Historicus, Sive alphabetica Recensio omnium eorum, quae Autor passim observavit, atque aliàs memoranda reliquit, 22 ff. not numbered.

Index secundus Chronographicus, qui Annos & cujuslibet anni NOTABILIA (quae quidem Autor designavit) continet, 1 page.

Index tertius Itinerarius, Ubi Loca recensentur, quae auctor pertransiit, & Distantiae Locorum, quas ipse annotavit, 2 ff. not numbered.

Index quartus Glossarius, Estq́ue vocum exoticarum, quas Autor ipse interpretatus est, 1 half p.

Emendanda in Marco Paulo Veneto, quaeq́; ad hunc pertinent: aut ad eadem Addenda, 1 f. not numbered.

HAITHONI Armeni ‖ Historia ori-‖entalis: ‖ Qvae eadem & De Tartaris ‖ inscribitur. ‖ Anno ‖ CIↃ. IↃC. LXXI, 2 ff. not numbered + pp. 107.

[Errata] 2 pp. not numbered.

Index, 7 pp. not numbered.

Andreae MÜLLERI, ‖ Greiffenhagii, ‖ DISQUISITIO ‖ Geographica & Historica, ‖ De ‖ CHATAJA, ‖ In Quâ ‖ I. Praecipuè Geographorum nobilis ‖ illa Controversia: Quaenam CHATAJA sit, & an ‖ sit idem ille terrarum tractus, quem Sinas, & vul-‖ gó Chinam vocant, aut pars ejus aliqua? ‖ latissimè tractatur; ‖ 2. Eâdem verò operâ pleraque rerum, quae unquam ‖ de Chataja, deq́ue Sinis memorabilia ‖ fuerunt, atque etiam nunc sunt, compendiosè ‖ enarrantur. ‖—Ecclesiastae I. v. 15. ‖: לתסטת תסות לא יוכל ‖ Senec. de Beneficiis VI. I. ‖ _Etiam quod discere supervacuum est prodest_ ‖ cognoscere. ‖ —Berolini, Typis Rungianis. ‖ Anno M. DC. LXX, 2 ff. not numbered + pp. 115 on 2 col.

C.—ITALIAN EDITIONS.

14.—1. Marco Polo da Venie ‖ sia de le merauegliose ‖ cose del Mondo.

Below this title the mark of the printer SESSA: a cat holding a mouse in its mouth with the initials I and B on the right and on the left of the coat of arms (with a ducal crown above) which exhibits this group, and S at foot. Verso of f. 83:

_Finisse lo libro de Marco Polo da Venie ‖ sia dele merauegliose cose
del mōdo Im ‖ presso in Venetia per zoanne Baptista ‖ da Sessa
Milanese del M. ccccxcvi. ‖ adi. xiii. del mese de Iunio regnā
‖ do lo Illustrissimo Principe Au ‖ gustino Barbadico inclyto ‖
Duce di Venetia_.

Recto of folio 84: “Registro. a b c d e f g h i k l Tutti questi sono quaderni excepto l chie duerno”; audessous le monogramme de l’imprimeur en blanc sur fond noir.—Verso of folio 84 is blank.

The copy which I have examined is in the Grenville Library, No. 6666. It is in fine condition and complete, notwithstanding what the Sobolewski Sale Catalogue says to the contrary (No. 1730): it is a small 8vo ff. 84; each quire containing, as is indicated by the register, eight sheets, except quire l, which has but four.

Grenville added to his copy the following note: “This appears to be the first edition printed in the original Italian.—The Abbé Morelli who sent me this book from Venice had found great difficulty in procuring a copy for the Library of St. Marc.—Panzer III. 396, refers only to the mention made of it by Denis. Supp. I, pᵉ 415. I know of no other copy in England....”

Lazari, p. 460, says: “Prima e rarissima edizione del compendio veneziano. Un capitolo che parla di Trebisonda, tratto dal viaggio di Fr. Odorico, precede il testo del Polo mutilo e scorrettissimo: quel capitolo non forma però parte d’esso, come nelle molte ristampe di questo compendio.”

See _Odoric de Pordenone_, par Henri Cordier, p. 9.

Ternaux-Compans (29) mentions an edition of Sessa of 1486, which does not seem to exist.

15—2. Marco Polo da Vene ‖ sia de le maraueliose ‖ cose del Mondo. ‖
Small 8vo.; 64 ff. non chif., sig. _a—i: a—g_ by 8 = 56 ff., _h_
and _i_ by 4 = 8 ff., total 64 ff.

Collation:

_Recto 1st f._: border; vignette; above the vig. title ut supra.

_Verso 1st f. begins_: Tractato delle più maraueliose cose e delle piu notabile: che si ri ‖ trouano nelle ꝑte del mōdo. Re ‖ dutte & racolte sotto breuita ...

_Recto f. 64_: Impressa la presente opera per el Venerabile mi ‖ ser pre Batista da Farfengo nella Magnifica cita de ‖ Bressa. adi. xx. December. M. CCCCC. ‖

“Ristampa dell’edizione 1496, leggiermente modificata nella introduzione. Rarissima.” (Lazari, p. 460.)

16.—3. Marco Polo da Veniesia ‖ de le marauegliose co= ‖ se del Mondo.
small 8vo, 56 ff. not numbered, sig. _a—g_ by 8.

Collation: title ut supra: _Printer’s mark_: a cat holding a mouse in its mouth, M O on the sides; S at foot.—Ends, recto f. 56; ¶ _Impresso in Venetia per Melchior Sessa. An‖no Dñi._ M. CCCCC VIII. _Adi._ xxi. _zugno_.

17.—4. Marco Polo ‖ Venetiano ‖ in CVI si tratta le meravi‖gliose
cose del mondo per lui uedute: del costu=‖me di uarij paesi,
dello stranio uiuere di ‖ quelli; della descrittione de diuersi
‖ animali, e del trouar dell’o=‖ro, dell’argento, e delle ‖
pietre preciose, co=‖sa non men uti‖le, che bel‖la. [Vignette.] ‖
In Venetia, 8vo; 56 ff. n. ch., sig. _a—g_ by 8.

At the end: _Finite é lo libro de Marco Polo da Venetia delle: ‖ marauegliose cose del mondo. ‖ In Venetia per Matthio Pagan, in Frezaria, ‖ al segno della Fede._ 1555.

“Ristampa dell’edizione 1496. La edizione 1555 fu riprodotta dello stesso _Mathio Pagan_ senza data.” (Lazari, p. 463.)

A copy _s. d._ exists in the Grenville Library (304. a. 23), this is the title of it:

18.—5. Marco Polo ‖ Venetiano. ‖ In cvi si tratta le meravi‖gliose cose
del mondo per lui uedute, del costu‖me di uarij paesi, dello
stranio uiuere di ‖ quelli; della descrittione de diuersi ‖
animali, e del trouar dell’oro ‖ dell’argento, e delle pie‖tre
preciose, cosa ‖ non men utile, ‖ che bel‖la. In Venetia. s. d.,
8vo., 56 ff. not numbered, sig. _a—g_ by 8. At the end: _In
Venetia per Mathio Pagan, in Freza‖ria, al Segno della Fede._—On
the title M. Pagan’s mark.

19.—6. ¶ Opera stampata nouamē‖te delle marauigliose co=‖se del mondo:
comin=‖ciādo da Leuante a ponente fin al me‖zo di. El mondo nouo
& isole & lo=‖chi incogniti & siluestri abondā‖ti e sterili &
doue abōda loro ‖ & largento & Zoglie & p̄ie ‖ tre p̄ciose &
animali & ‖ mōstri spaurosi & do‖ue manzano car=‖ne humana e ‖
i gesti & vi=‖uer & co=‖stumi ‖ de quelli paesi cosa certamēte
molto cu=‖riosa de intendere & sapere.

Small 8vo, 56 ff. not numbered, sig. _a—g_ by 8. At foot of recto f. 56: ¶_Finito lo libro de Marco Polo da Venetia de le ‖ marauegliose cose del mondo. ‖ ¶ Stampata in Venetia per Paulo Danza Anno._ ‖ _Dñi_ M. D. xxxiij. _Adi 10 Febraro_. ‖

Reprint of the 1496 edition.

20.—7. De i Viaggi di Messer Marco Polo Gentil’hvomo Venetiano
(Ramusio, II, 1606.)

See the former editions of Ramusio.

21.—8. Marco Polo ‖ Venetiano, ‖ Delle Merauiglie del Mondo ‖ per lui
vedute; ‖ Del Costume di varij Paesi, & dello stranio ‖ viuer di
quelli. ‖ Della Descrittione de diuersi Animali. ‖ Del trouar
dell’Oro, & dell’Argento. ‖ Delle Pietre Preciose. ‖ _Cosa
non meno vtile, che bella_. ‖ Di nouo Ristampato, & osseruato
l’ordine ‖ suo vero nel dire. ‖ In Treuigi, Ad instantia di
Aurelio Reghet‖tini Libraro. M DXC. 8vo, 57 ff. numbered, _a−g_ ✕
8 = 56 ff. + _h_ ✕ 1 = 57 ff.; vignette on the title; 1 wood-cut,
not inserted in the text.

The wood-cut is not to be found in the copy of the British Museum, G bbb 8.

22.—9. Marco Polo Venetiano, Delle Merauiglie del Mondo per lui vedute;
Del costume di varij Paesi, & dello stranio viuer di quelli.
Della Descrittione de diuersi Animali. Del trouar Dell’Oro, &
dell’Argento. Delle Pietre Preciose. _Cosa non meno vtile, che
bella_, Di nouo Ristampato, & Osseruato l’ordine suo vero nel
dire. In Venetia, Appresso Marco Claseri, M DXCVII, 8vo, pp. 128;
no cut.

23.—10. Marco Polo ‖ Venetiano, ‖ Delle Maraviglie del Mondo ‖ per lui
vedute. ‖ Del costume di varij Paesi, & dello stranio viuer ‖ di
quelli. ‖ Della Descrittione de diuersi Animali. ‖ Del trouar
dell’Oro, & dell’Argento. ‖ Delle Pietre Pretiose. ‖ _Cosa
non meno vtile, che bella_. ‖ Di nuouo ristampato, & osseruato
l’ordine suo ‖ vero nel dire. ‖ [fleuron] In Venetia, M DCII. ‖
Appresso Paolo Vgolino, small 8vo pp. 104; no cut.

Page 104: _Finito è lo Libro di Marco Polo da Venetia delle ‖ Marauigliose cose del Mondo_.

This edition differs from the following bearing the same date:

24.—11. Marco Polo Venetiano, Delle Merauiglie del Mondo per lui
vedute. Del costume di varij Paesi, & dello stranio viuere di
quelli. Della Descritione de diuersi Animali. Del trouar
Dell’oro, & dell’Argento. Delle Pietre Preciose. _Cosa non meno
vtile, che bella_. Di nouo Risstampato, & osseruato l’ordine suo
vero nel dire. In Venetia. M DCII. Appresso Paulo Vgolino, 8vo,
pp. 128; on the title, vig. exhibiting David carrying the head of
Goliath; no cut.

25.—12. Marco Polo Venetiano, Delle Merauiglie del Mondo per lui
vedute. Del costume di varij Paesi, & dello stranio viuer di
quelli. Della Descrittione de diuersi Animali. Dell trouar
dell’Oro, & dell’Argento. Delle Pietre Preciose. _Cosa non meno
vtile, che bella_. Di nuouo ristampato, & osseruato l’ordine
suo vero nel dire. Con licenza de’ Superiori, & Priuilegio. In
Venetia, M.DC. XXVI. Appresso Ghirardo, & Iseppo Imberti, small
8vo, pp. 128; 1 wood-cut, not inserted in the text.

26.—13. Marco Polo ‖ Venetiano. ‖ Delle Merauiglie del Mondo per ‖ lui
vedute. ‖ Del costume di varij Paesi, & dello stranio viuer di
quelli. ‖ De la Descrittione de diuersi Animali. ‖ Del trouar
dell’Oro, & de l’Argento. ‖ Delle Pietre preciose. ‖ _Cosa
non meno utile, che bella_. ‖ Di nuouo ristampato, & osseruato
l’ordine ‖ suo vero nel dire. ‖ In Venetia, & poi in Treuigi per
Angelo Righettini. 1267 [read 1627]. ‖ Con Licenza de’ Superiori,
small 8vo, pp. 128; 1 wood-cut, not inserted in the text.

27.—14. Marco Polo ‖ Venetiano. ‖ Delle Merauiglie del Mondo per ‖ lui
vedute. ‖ Del costume di varij Paesi, & dello stranio viuer di
quelli. ‖ De la Descrittione de diuersi Animali. ‖ Del trouar
dell’Oro, & de l’Argento. ‖ Delle Pietre preciose. ‖ _Cosa non
meno utile, che bella_. Di nuouo ristampato, & osseruato l’ordine
suo ‖ vero nel dire. ‖ In Treuigi, Appresso Girolamo Righettini:
1640. ‖ _Con Licenza de’ Superiori_, small 8vo, 128 pages with a
vignette on the title, printer’s mark; wood-cut f. 2 _verso_.

28.—15.—* In Trevigi M. DC. LVII., appresso Girolamo Righettini, 8vo.

29.—16. Marco Polo Venetiano. Delle Merauiglie del Mondo per lui
vedute. I. Del costume di varij Paesi, & dello strano viuer di
quelli. II. De la Descrittione de diuersi Animali. III. Del
trouar dell’Oro, & dell’Argento. IV. Delle Pietre pretiose.
_Cosa non meno vtile, che bella_. Si nuouo ristampato, &
osseruato l’ordine suo vero nel dire. In Trevigi, Per il
Righettini. M. DC. LXV. Con Licenza de’ Svperiori, small 8vo, 128
pp. with a wood-cut.

30.—17. Marco Polo Venetiano Delle Merauiglie del Mondo per lui vedute.
I. Del costume di varij Paesi, & dello strano viuer di quelli.
II. Della Descrittione de diuersi Animali. III. Del trouar
dell’Oro, & dell’Argento. IV. Delle Pietre pretiose. _Cosa non
meno vtile, che bella_. Di nuouo ristampato, & osseruato l’ordine
suo vero nel dire. In Trevigi, Per il Reghettini. M. DC. LXXII.
Con Licenza de’ Svperiori, small 8vo. pp. 128; 1 cut not inserted
in the text.

These various editions are reprints of the text of 1496.

31.—18. Il Milione ‖ di Marco Polo ‖ Testo di lingua ‖ del secolo
decimoterzo ‖ ora per la prima volta ‖ pubblicato ed illustrato
‖ dal Conte ‖ Gio. Batt. Baldelli Boni. ‖ Tomo primo ‖ Firenze
‖ Da’ Torchi di Giuseppe Pagani ‖ M. DCCCXXVII. ‖ Con approv. e
privilegio, 4to, pp. XXXII.−CLXXV.−234 + 1 f. not numbered for
the index.

INDICE: Vita di Marco Polo, P. I.—Sommario Cronologico della Vita del Polo, P. XXV.—Storia del Milione, P. I.—Illustrazione della Tela del Salone dello Scudo, P. CV.—Descrizione dell’Atlante Cinese, posseduto dalla Magliabechiana, P. CIX.—Schiarimento relativo all’età dell’Atlante Cinese, P. CXXI.—Notizia dei Manoscritti del _Milione_, di cui si è fatto uso nell’Opera, o veduti, o fatti riscontrare, P. CXXIII.—Della Porcellana. Discorso, P. CXXXVII.—Del Portulano Mediceo, e delle Scoperte dei Genovesi nell’Atlantico. Discorso, P. CLIII.—Voci del Milione di Marco Polo, citate dal Vocabolario della Crusca, P. CLXXIII.—Voci tratte dal Testo del Polo, e da citarsi dal Vocabolario della Crusca, P. CLXXIV. —_Il Milione_ di Marco Polo, TESTO DELLA CRUSCA, P. I.

—Il Milione ‖ di ‖ Messer Marco Polo ‖ Viniziano ‖ Secondo la lezione
Ramusiana ‖ illustrato e comentato ‖ dal Conte ‖ Gio. Batt.
Baldelli Boni ‖ Tomo Secondo ‖ Firenze ‖ Da’ Torchi di Giuseppe
Pagani ‖ M DCCC XXVII. ‖ Con approv. e privilegio, 4to, pp.
XXVI.–514 + 2 ff. n. ch.

INDICE: Dichiarazione al Libro Primo, P. 1.—Proemio di Fra Pipino al Milione, P. 3.—TESTO RAMUSIANO del _Milione_. Libro Primo, P. 5—Dichiarazione al Libro Secondo, per rischiarare le Legazioni di Marco Polo, P. 147.—Libro Secondo, P. 153.—Dichiarazione alla parte seconda del Libro Secondo. Delia Lingua Cinese, P. 223.—Libro Terzo, P. 357.—Aggiunte e Correzioni, P. 481.

—Storia ‖ delle ‖ Relazioni vicendevoli ‖ Dell’Europa e dell’Asia ‖
dalla Decadenza di Roma ‖ fino alla ‖ distruzione del Califfato
‖ del Conte ‖ Gio. Batt. Baldelli Boni. ‖ Parte Prima ‖ Firenze
‖ Da’ Torchi di Giuseppe Pagani ‖ M DCCC XXVII. ‖ Con approv. e
privilegio, 4to, 4 ff. n. c. for the tit. and the ded.: “A Sua
Altezza Imperiale e Reale Leopoldo Secondo Principe Imperiale
d’Austria ...” + pp. 466.

—Parte Seconda ‖ Firenze ‖ Da’ Torchi di Giuseppe Pagani ‖ M DCCC
XXVII. ‖ Con approv. e privilegio, 4to, pp. 467 to 1004 + 1 f. n.
ch.

Eighty copies of Baldelli-Boni’s work were printed on large paper, and two on vellum.

Two maps generally bound apart accompany the work.

32.—19. I Viaggi in Asia in Africa, nel mare dell’Indie descritti nel
secolo XIII da Marco Polo Veneziano. Testo di lingua detto _Il
Milione_ illustrato con annotazioni. Venezia, dalla tipografia di
Alvisopoli, M DCCC XXIX, 2 parts, 8vo, pp. xxi + 1–189, 195–397.

“Ristampa del Testo di Crusca procurata da B. Gamba il quale vi appose piccole note a pie di pagina.” (Lazari, p. 470.)

“Il en a été tiré 100 exemplaires, in-8, auxquels est jointe la carte géographique qui fait partie de l’ouvrage de Zurla. Il y en a aussi des exemplaires in-8, très grand Pap., et sur des papiers de différentes couleurs.” (Brunet.)

33.—20. Il Libro di Marco Polo intitolato il Milione. (_Relazioni di
Viaggiatori_, Venezia, co’ tipi del Gondoliere, M DCCC XLI, I,
pp. 1–231.)

Reprint of the Crusca Text.—See Baldelli-Boni, _supra_ 31–18.

Gondoliere’s Collection form vol. i. and ii. of the class XI. of the _Biblioteca classica italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti disposta e illustrata da Luigi Carrer_.

34.—21. I Viaggi in Asia in Africa, nel mare dell’Indie descritti
nel secolo XIII da Marco Polo Veneziano testo di lingua detto
Il Milione illustrato con annotazioni. Volume unico. Parma, per
Pietro Fiaccadori, M DCCC XLIII, Small 8vo, pp. IV.–308.

Reprint of the Crusca Text.

35.—22. I Viaggi in Asia, in Africa, nel mare dell’Indie descritti nel
secolo XIII da Marco Polo Veneziano. Testo di lingua detto Il
_Milione_. Udine, Onofrio Turchetto, Tip. edit. 1851, 16mo, pp.
X.–207.

36.—23. I Viaggi ‖ di ‖ Marco Polo ‖ Veneziano ‖ tradotti per la
prima volta dall’originale francese ‖ di Rusticiano di Pisa ‖
e corredati d’illustrazioni e di documenti ‖ da Vincenzo Lazari
‖ pubblicati per cura ‖ di Ludovico Pasini ‖ membro eff. e
segretario dell’I. R. Istituto Veneto. ‖ Venezia ‖ M DCCC XLVII,
8vo, pp. LXIV.–484, map.

Verso of the title: “Coi Tipi di Pietro Naratovitch.”

See pp. 447–471, _Bibliografia_.—Pp. 473–484, Indice Alfabetico delle Materie.

37.—24. I Viaggi di Marco Polo secondo la lezione del Codice
Magliabechiano più antico reintegrati col testo francese a stampa
per cura di Adolfo Bartoli. Firenze, Felice Le Monnier, 1863,
small 8vo, pp. LXXXIII.–439.

38.—25. Il Milione ossia Viaggi in Asia, in Africa e nel Mar delle
Indie descritti nel secolo XIII da Marco Polo Veneziano. Torino,
Tip. dell’oratorio di S. Franc. di Sales, 1873, 32mo, pp. 280.

_Biblioteca della Gioventù Italiana_.

39.—26. Giulio Verne. I Viaggi di Marco Polo unica versione originale
fedelmente riscontrata sub codice Magliabeccano e sulle opere di
Charton per cura di Ezio Colombo. Volume Unico. Milano, Serafino
Muggiani e Comp., 1878, 16mo, pp. 143.

The frontispiece is a coarse wood-cut exhibiting Marco Polo; this vol. is part of a popular Collection of Travels.

40.—27. Marco Polo.—I Viaggi secondo la lezione del codice
Magliabechiano più antico. Milano, Sonzogno, 1886, 16mo.

See _supra_ 37–24.

D.—PORTUGUESE EDITION.

41.—1. MARCO ‖ PAULO. ¶ Ho liuro de Nycolao veneto. ¶ O trallado da
carta de huũ genoues das ditas terras. ¶ Cõ priuilegio del Rey
nosso senhor q̃ nenhuũ faça a impres ‖ sam deste liuro. nẽ ho
venda em todollos se’ regnos & senho=‖rios sem liçẽça de Valentim
fernãdez so pena cõteuda na car ‖ ta do seu preuilegio. Ho preço
delle. Cento & dez reaes. folio of 106 ff.

Collation: 8 prel. ff. n. chiff., and 98 ff. numbered.

_Recto 1ˢᵗ f.:_ Titre ut supra.—Vignette showing a sphere.

_Verso 2ᵈ f.:_ ¶ Começase a epistola sobre a tralladaça do liuro de ‖ Marco paulo. Feita per Valẽtym fernãdez escudey ‖ ro da excellentissima Raynha Dona Lyanor. Ende ‖ rençada ao Serenissimo & Inuictissimo Rey & Sen ‖hor Dom Emanuel o primeiro. Rey de Portugal & ‖ dos Alguarues. daquẽ & alem mar em Africa. Sen ‖ hor de Buynee. E da conquista da nauegaçom & co‖mercio de Ethiopia. Arabia. Persia. & da India.

_Recto 7ᵗʰ f.:_ Começase a tauoa dos capitulos do liuro Primeyro.

_Recto 1ˢᵗ f. chif.:_ ¶ Começase ho Liuro Primeiro de Marco paulo ‖ de Veneza das condiçoões & custumes das gẽtes ‖ & das terras & prouincias orientaes. E prime y ra‖mente de como & em que maneyra Dom Marco=‖ paulo de Veneza & Dom Maffeo seu irmaão se pas‖sarom aas partes do oriente; vig. repres. a galley; border.

_Verso f. 77:_ End of Marco Polo.

_Recto f. 78:_ Nicolo Conti.

_Verso f. 95:_ End of Nicolo Conti.

_Recto f. 96:_ A Carta do genoues.

_Verso f. 98:_ ¶ Acabase ho liuro de Marco paulo. cõ ho liuro de Nicolao ve=‖neto ou veneziano. & assi mesmo ho trallado de hũa carta de huũ ‖ genoues mercador. que todos escreuerõ das Indias. a seruiço ‖ de d’s. & auisamẽto daquelles q̃ agora vam pera as ditas Indias ‖ Aos quaes rogo & peço humilmente q̃ benignamẽte queirã emẽ‖dar & correger ho que menos acharẽ no escreuer. s. nos vocabul’ ‖ das prouincias. regnos. çidades. ylhas. & outras cousas muytas ‖ & nõ menos em a distãcia das legoas de hũa terra p̱a outra. _Im=‖ primido per Valentym fernãdez alemaão. Em a muy nobre çida ‖ de Lyxboa. Era de Mil & quinhentos & dous annos. Aos. qua‖tro dias do mes de Feureyro_.—At the top, printer’s mark.

A detailed description of this edition is to be found in Figanière’s _Bibliographia_, No. 947.

E.—SPANISH EDITIONS.

42.—1. Cosmographia ‖ breue introdu‖ctoria en el libro ‖ d’ Marco
paulo. ‖—El libro del famoso Marco paulo ‖ veneciano d’las cosas
marauillosas ‖ q̃ vido enlas partes oriẽtales. cõuie ‖ ne saber
enlas Indias. Armenia. A‖rabia. Persia & Tartaria. E d’l pode ‖
rio d’l grã Cā y otros reyes. Cō otro ‖ tratado de micer Pogio
florētino q̄ ‖ trata delas mesmas tierras & yslas.

Folio; 2 col.; 34 ff. numbered and 4 prel. ff. not numbered.

On the title page 4 woodcuts exhibiting:
Marc paulo.
Micer pogio.
S. Domingo, ēla ysla Isabela.
Calicu.

—The 4 prelim. ff. contain:
—_Recto 1 f._: Title.
—_Verso 1 f._: Prologo primero.
—_F. 2 and 3_: Maestre Rodrigo al lector.
—_F. 4_: Tabla de los capitulos.

—Marco Polo, ff. ¹⁄₂₆.

—Tratado de Micer Pogio, ff. 27-recto f. 27 [read 34].

—Last f. _v._ [numbered xxvij erroneously for xxxiv.]

“Acabase el libro del famoso Marco paulo vene‖ciano el q̃l cuēta de todas las tierras prouīcias & islas delas Indias. Arabia ‖ Persia Armenia y Tartaria y d’las cosas marauillosas que enellas se ha‖llan assi mesmo el grā señorio y riquezas del gran Can de Catayo se‖ñor delos tartaros | añadido en fin vn tratado breue de micer Pogio ‖ florentino el qual el mesmo escriuio por mandado de eugenio papa ‖ quarto deste nombre por relacion de vn Nicolao [Conti] veneciano el ‖ qual assi mesmo auia andado las ꝑtidas oriẽtales & de otros ‖ testigos dinos d’ fe como por el parece fiel mēte trasladado ‖ en lengua castellana por el reuerēdo señor maestre Rodri‖go de santa ella | Arcediano de reyna y canonigo ēla sā ‖ ta yglesia de Seuilla. El q̄l se ēprimio por Lā [?] alao ‖ polono y Jacome Crōberger alemano ēla muy ‖ noble y muy leal ciudad d’Seuilla. Año de ‖ mil & q’ niẽtos y tres a. xxviij. dias d’mayo.”

43.—2. ⍧ Libro del famoso Marco ‖ Polo veneciano delas cosas
maraui‖llosas q̄ vido enlas partes orien=‖tales: conuiene saber
enlas ‖ Indias | Armenia | Ara‖bia | Persia | & Tarta‖ria. Edel
poderio ‖ del gran Can y ‖ otros reyes. ‖ Con otro ‖ tratado ‖
de mi‖cer ‖ Pogio Florentino & trata ‖ delas mesmas tie=‖rras &
islas. s. l. n. d., fol.; 2 col. [Logroño, 1529].

Collation: 4 prel. ff. not numbered + signatures _a—d_ × 8 = 32 ff.; in all 36 ff.

F. 1. _v._: Prologo del Interprete.—f. 2 _r._ Cosmographia introductoria.—f. 3. _v._: Tabla—f. 4 _v._: Fin dela Tabla.—32 numbered f. follow: _F. i.—Begins:_ Libro de Marco Polo Veneciano ‖ (col. 1.) ¶ Aqui comiença vn ‖ libro que trata delas cosas marauillosas ‖ que el noble varon micer Marco Polo de ‖ Venecia vido enlas partes de Oriente.

_Ends: recto f. xxxij_: La presente obra del famoso Marco ‖ Polo veneciano q̃ fue traduzida fielmẽte de lengua veneciana en ‖ castellano por el reuerẽdo señor maestre Rodrigo Arcedia‖no de reyna y canonigo enla yglesia de Seuilla. ‖ Fue impressa y corregida de nueuo enla ‖ muy constante y leal civdad de ‖ Logroño en casa d’Mi‖guel de eguia ‖ a treze ‖ de junio de mill & qui‖nientos y. xx. & nueue. ‖

“Cette édition de 1529, says Brunet est fort rare: 2 liv. 9 sh. Heber; 210 flor. Butsch, et 130 fr. en 1859.—Il y en a une plus ancienne de _Séville, Cromberger_, 1520 in-fol., que cite Panzer d’après Vogt.”

Lazari says of this edition of 1520, p. 461: “Di estrema rarità. Questa traduzione è tratta da un antico testo italiano: l’autore n’é Maestro Rodrigo de Santaella.”

44.—3. Historia ‖ de las Gran-‖dezas y Cosas ‖ marauillosas de las
Prouin-‖cias Orientales. ‖ Sacada de Marco Pavlo ‖ Veneto, y
traduzida de Latin en Romance, y aña-‖ dida en muchas partes por
Don Martin de Bolea ‖ y Castro, Varon de Clamosa, ‖ señor de la
Villa de ‖ Sietamo. ‖ Dirigida a Don Beltran de ‖ la Cueba, Duque
de Alburquerque, Marques de ‖ Cuellar, Conde de Ledesma y Guelma,
Lugar-‖ teniente, y Capitan General por su Ma-‖gestad, en el
Reyno de ‖ Aragon. ‖ Con Licencia, en Caragoça. ‖ Por Angelo
Tauano, Año. M. DCI, 8vo, 8 ff. n. ch. + 163 ff. + 8 ff. n. ch.
for the tab. and errata. Last f. n. ch. _verso_: En Caragoça ‖
Por Angelo Tauano ‖ Año. 1601.

45.—4. Biblioteca universal. Coleccion de los Mejores autores antiguos
y modernos, nacionales y extranjeros. Tomo LXVI. Los Viages de
Marco Polo veneciano. Madrid. Direccion y administracion, 1880,
16mo, pp. 192.

“La edicion que hemos tenido principalmente à la vista, para formar este volúmen de nuestra _Biblioteca_, es la de Ludovico Pasini, Venecia 1847.”

F.—FRENCH EDITIONS.

46.—1. La ‖ description geo-‖graphiqve des Provinces ‖ & villes
plus fameuses de l’Inde Orientale, meurs, ‖ loix, & coustumes
des habitans d’icelles, mesme-‖ment de ce qui est soubz la
domination du grand ‖ Cham Empereur des Tartares. ‖ Par Marc
Paule gentilhomme Venetien, ‖ Et nouuellement reduict en ‖
vulgaire François. ‖ [_mark_] A Paris, ‖ Pour Vincent Sertenas
tenant sa boutique au Palais en la gallerie par ‖ ou on va a la
Chacellerie. Et en larue neuue Nostre dame à ‖ l’image sainct
Iehan l’Euangeliste. ‖ 1556. ‖ Avec Privilege dv Roy, ‖ 4to, 10
prel. f. not numbered + 123 ff. numbered + 1 f. not numbered.

Sommaire dv Privilege du Roy (verso of title).—Epistle “A Adrian de Lavnay sei‖gneur de sainct Germain le Vieil, Viconte de ‖ sainct Siluain, Notaire & Secretaire ‖ du Roy.” F. G. L. S.—De Paris ce xviii. iour d’Aoust 1556, 3 pages.—Preface av lectevr par F. G. L., 5 pages.—Table, 8 pages.—Pièces de vers 2 pages at the beginning and an advertisement (1 page) at the end.

_Begins page 1:_ “Lors que Bauldoyn Prince Chre‖stien tãt fameux & renommé tenoit ‖ l’Empire de Constãtinople, assavoir ‖ en l’an de l’incarnation de nostre ‖ Saulueur mil deux cens soixante & ‖ neuf, deux nobles & prudẽs citoyẽs ‖ de Venise....”

Verso of last f. not numbered, the mark of Vincent Sertenas.

Oldest edition in French.

Marsden and Yule believe that it has been translated from the Latin of the _Novus Orbis_.

47.—2. Same title. A Paris, ‖ Pour Estienne Groulleau, demourant en la
rue neuue Nostre ‖ dame, à l’image sainct Iehan Baptiste. ‖ 1556.
‖ Avec privilege dv Roy, 4to.

Same edition with a different bookseller.

48.—3. La Description geographique ... de l’Inde Orientale ... Par Marc
Paule ... ‖ A Paris, ‖ Pour Jehan Longis tenant sa boutique au
Palais en la gallerie par ‖ ou on va à la Chancellerie. ‖ 1556.‖
Auec Priuilege du Roy. 4to.

Same edition as Sertenas’ with the privilege of this bookseller. A copy is marked in the _Catalogue des livres ... de ... James de Rothschild_, II, Paris, 1887, No. 1938. M. E. Picot remarks that the Preface by F. G. L., as well as the motto _Inter utrumque_ belong to FRANÇOIS GRUGET, _Lochois_, who in the same year edited with the same booksellers the _Dodechedron de Fortune_.

49.—4. Les ‖ Voiages ‖ très-curieux & fort remarquables, ‖ Achevées par
toute ‖ l’Asie, Tartarie, Mangi, Japon, ‖ les ‖ Indes orientales,
iles adjacentes, ‖ & l’Afrique, ‖ Commencées l’An 1252. ‖ Par
Marc Paul, Venitien, ‖ Historien recommandable pour sa fidelité.
‖ Qui contiennent une Relation très-exacte des Païs Orientaux: ‖
Dans laquelle il décrit très exactement plusieurs Païs & Villes,
lesquelles ‖ Lui même a Voiagées & vües la pluspart: & où il nous
enseigne briévement ‖ les Mœurs & Coutumes de ces Peuples, avant
ce tems là inconnues aux ‖ Européens; ‖ Comme aussi l’origine
de la puissance des Tartares, quand à leurs Conquêtes ‖ de
plusieurs Etats ou Païs dans la Chine, ici clairement proposée
& expliquée. ‖ Le tout divisé en III. Livres, ‖ Conferé avec un
Manuscrit de la Bibliotheque de S. A. E. de Brandebourg, ‖ &
enrichi de plusieurs Notes & Additions tirées du dit Manuscrit,
‖ de l’Edition de Ramuzio, de celle de Purchas, ‖ & de celle de
Vitriare.

Form a part of 43 and 185 col. in vol. ii. of _Voyages faits principalement en Asie_ ... par Pierre Bergeron. A la Haye, Chez Jean Neaulme M. DCC. XXXV, in-4.

After André Müller Greiffenhag.

Remark on the title-page the date of the voyage 1252! In the text, col. 6, it is marked 1272.

50.—5. Marco Polo—Un Vénitien chez les Chinois avec étude biographique
et littéraire par Charles Simond. Paris, Henri Gautier, s. d.
[1888], ppᵗ. 8vo, pp. 32.

Forms No. 122 of _Nouvelle Bibliothèque populaire_ à 10 Cent. Besides a short biographical notice, it contains Bergeron’s Text.

51.—6. Voyages de Marco Polo. Première partie. Introduction, Texte.
Glossaire et Variantes.

Introduction, pp. xi.–liv. [by Roux.]

Voyage de Marc Pol, pp. 1–288—Table des Chapitres, pp. 289–296. [Published from MS. 7367 of the Bibliothèque nationale.]

Peregrinatio Marci Pauli. Ex Manuscripto Bibliothecae Regiae, Nᵒ 3195 f°, pp. 297–494—Index Capitum, pp. 495–502.

Glossaire des mots hors d’usage, pp. 503–530 [by Méon].

Errata, pp. 531–532.

Variantes et Tableau comparatif des noms propres et des noms de lieux cités dans les voyages de Marco Polo, pp. 533–552.

(Vol. i. 1824, of the _Recueil de Voyages_, de la Société de géographie de Paris.)

—Rapport sur la Publication des Voyages de Marco Polo, fait au nom de
la section de publication, par M. Roux, rapporteur. (_Bull. de la
Soc. de Géog._, I. 1822, pp. 181–191.)

—Itinéraires à Jérusalem et Descriptions de la Terre Sainte rédigés
en français aux xiᵉ, xiiᵉ, & xiiiᵉ siècles publiés par Henri
Michelant & Gaston Raynaud. Genève, Fick, 1882, in-8.

Voyage des Polo, pp. xxviii.–xxix.—Ext. of MS. fr. 1116 are given, pp. 201–212, et of the version called after Thiébault de Cépoy, pp. 213–226.

The Fr. MS. 1116, late 7367, has been reproduced by photography (including the binding, a poor modern one in calf!) at Karlsruhe this year (1902) under the title:

—Le divisiment dou monde de Messer March Pol de Venece.—Die
Handschrift Fonds Français No. 1116 der National bibliothek
zu Paris photographisch aufgenommen auf der Gr. Hof- und
Landesbibliothek zu Karlsruhe von Dr. A. Steiner.—Karlsruhe.
Hof-Buchdruckerei Friedrich Gutsch. 1902, in-4.

Has No. Impr. 5210 in the National Library, Paris.

52.—7. Marco Polo. (Charton, _Voy. anc. et mod._, II. pp. 252–440.)

Modernized Text of the Geographical Society.—Notes, Bibliography, etc.

53.—8. 忽必烈樞密副使博羅本書

—Le livre ‖ de ‖ Marco Polo ‖ citoyen de Venise ‖ Conseiller privé et
commissaire impérial ‖ de ‖ Khoubilaï-Khaân; ‖ rédigé en français
sous sa dictée en 1298 ‖ par Rusticien de Pise; ‖ Publié pour la
première fois d’après trois manuscrits inédits de la Bibliothèque
impériale de Paris, ‖ présentant la rédaction primitive du
Livre, revue par Marc Pol lui-même et donnée par lui, en
1307, à Thiébault de Cépoy, ‖ accompagnée des _variantes_, de
_l’explication des mots hors d’usage_, et de _Commentaires
géographiques et historiques_, ‖ tirés des écrivains orientaux,
principalement chinois, avec une Carte générale de l’Asie; ‖ par
‖ M. G. Pauthier. ‖—Paris ‖ Librairie de Firmin Didot.... M.
DCCC. LXV, 2 parts, large 8vo.

—Polo (Marco) par G. Pauthier.

Extrait de la _Nouvelle Biographie générale_, publiée par MM. Firmin Didot frères et fils. Ppt. 8vo, on 2 col.

—A Memoir of Marco Polo, the Venetian Traveller to Tartary and China
[translated from the French of M. G. Pauthier]. (_Chin. & Jap.
Rep._, Sept. & Oct. 1863.)

54.—9. Les Récits de Marco Polo citoyen de Venise sur l’histoire, les
mœurs et les coutumes des Mongols, sur l’empire Chinois et ses
merveilles; sur Gengis-Khan et ses hauts faits; sur le Vieux de
la Montagne; le Dieu des idolâtres, etc. Texte original français
du XIIIᵉ siècle rajeuni et annoté par Henri Bellenger. Paris,
Maurice Dreyfous, s. d., 18mo, pp. iv–280.

55.—10. Le Livre de Marco Polo—Facsimile d’un manuscrit du XIVᵉ siècle
conservé à la Bibliothèque royale de Stockholm, 4to, 4 ff. n. c.
for the title ut supra and preface + 100 ff. n. c. [200 pages]
of text facsimile.

We read on the verso of the title-page: “Photolithographie par l’Institut lithographique de l’Etat-Major—Typographie par l’Imprimerie centrale—Stockholm, 1882.”—We learn from the preface by the celebrated A. E. Nordenskiöld, that 200 copies, two of which on parchment have been printed. In the preface is printed a letter, Paris, 22nd Nov. 1881, written by M. Léopold Delisle, which shows that the Stockholm MS. belonged to the library of the King of France, Charles V. (who had five copies of Polo’s Book) and had No. 317 in the Inventory of 1411; it belonged to the Louvre, to Solier of Honfleur, to Paul Petau when it was purchased by King Christina.

—Le “Livre de Marco Polo.” Facsimile d’un manuscrit du XIVᵉ siècle conservé à la Bibliothèque royale de Stockholm. Stockholm, 1882, in-4 (Signed: LÉOPOLD DELISLE)—Nogent-le-Rotrou, imp. de Daupeley-Gouverneur. [1882], pp. 8vo.

Extrait de la _Bibliothèque de l’École des Chartes_. t. xliii. 1882.—

This is a reprint of an article by M. Delisle in the _Bib. de l’Éc. des Chartes_, xliii. 1882, pp. 226–235.—see also p. 434.—M. G. Raynaud has also given a notice of this edition of Stockholm in _Romania_, xl. 1882, pp. 429–430, and Sir Henry Yule, in _The Athenæum_, 17th June, 1882, pp. 765–766.

—Il libro di Marco Polo facsimile d’un manoscritto del XIV secolo. Nota del prof. G. Pennesi. (_Bol. Soc. Geog. Ital._, 1882, pp. 949–950.)

—See MURET, Ernest, pp. 547 and 582.

G.—ENGLISH EDITIONS.

56.—1. The most noble ‖ and famous trauels of ‖ _Marcus Paulus, one_ ‖
of the nobilitie of the state of ‖ Venice, into the East partes
‖ of the world, as _Armenia, Per‖sia, Arabia, Tartary_, with ‖
many other kingdoms ‖ and Prouinces. ‖ No lesse pleasant, than
‖ profitable, as appeareth ‖ by the Table, or Contents ‖ of
this Booke. ‖ Most necessary for all sortes ‖ of Persons, and
especially ‖ for Trauellers. ‖ _Translated into English_. ‖ At
London, ‖ Printed by Ralph Nevvbery, ‖ _Anno._ 1579. Small 4to.
pp. [28] + 167 + [1]. Sig. *-**** A—X.

Pp. 167 without the 28 first pages which contain the title (2 p.), the epistle of the translator, Iohn Frampton (2 p.). Maister Rothorigo to the Reader: An introduction into Cosmographie (10 pages), the Table of the Chapters (6 p.). The Prologue (8 p.).

57.—2. The first Booke of Marcvs Pavlvs Venetvs, or of Master Marco
Polo, a Gentleman of Venice, his Voyages. (Purchas, _His
Pilgrimes_. London, Printed by William Stansby for Henrie
Fetherstone, ... 1625, Lib. I. Ch. IIII. pp. 65–108.)

After Ramusio.

58.—3. The Travels of Marco Polo, or Mark Paul, the Venetian, into
Tartary, in 1272. (Astley’s _Collection of Travels_, IV. pp.
580–619).

French translation in _l’Hist. Gén. des Voyages_.

59.—4. Harris’s _Navigantium atque Itin. Bib._, ed. of 1715 and of 1744.

60.—5. The curious and remarkable Voyages and Travels of Marco Polo, a
Gentleman of Venice who in the Middle of the thirteenth Century
passed through a great part of Asia, all the Dominions of the
Tartars, and returned Home by Sea through the Islands of the East
Indies. [Taken chiefly from the accurate Edition of Ramusio,
compared with an original Manuscript in His Prussian Majesty’s
Library and with most of the Translations hitherto published.]
(_Pinkerton_, VII. p. 101.)

61.—6. Marco Polo. Travels into China and the East, from 1260 to 1295.
(Robert Kerr, _A General History and Collection of Voyages and
Travels_.... Edinburgh, 1811–1824, vol. i.)