[POLO, Marco, 1254?-1324?]. Yule, Henry (1820-1889), translator. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East. London: John Murray, 1871.

2 volumes, 8vo (230 x 145 mm). Numerous maps and plates (6 folding) (folding frontispiece with tears). Modern half black calf gilt, top edge gilt (joints very slightly rubbed).

FIRST EDITION. Yule's great contribution was in clarifying Polo's routes by identifying and matching the medieval geographic place names used by Polo and his transcribers with their actual present-day locations and names.

[With:]

CORDIER, Henri (1849-1925). Ser Marco Polo. Notes and Addenda to Sir Henry Yule's Edition, Containing the Results of Recent Research and Discovery. London: John Murray, 1920. 8vo. Frontispiece. Original pictorial green cloth gilt, with original dust jacket (slight chipping and soiling). FIRST EDITION of Cordier's supplementary volume of addendums and corrections as editor of Henry Yule's third edition of The Book of Ser Marco Polo.

[POLO, Marco, 1254?-1324?]. Yule, Henry (1820-1889), translator. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East. London: John Murray, 1871.