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so 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 Athenaeum_, 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. 1111. 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. Gen. 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 Trav
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