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Lot 190
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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[POLO, Marco (1254?-1354?)]. YULE, Henry (1820-1889), translator. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian. Concerning the Kingdoms and
2 volumes, 8vo. With 5 folding maps & plates. (Folding plate reinforced at gutter margin.) Modern morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Marshall Field & Co.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.