THE BOOK OF SER MARCO POLO THE VENETIAN, CONCERNING THE KINGDOMS AND MARVELS OF THE EAST.

London, John Murray, 1875.. SECOND EDITION 1875, With the Addition of New Matter and Many New Illustrations. FIVE PAGE INK HAND WRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY YULE to COLONEL (LEWIS) PELLY, author of "Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candahar" seeking information for this work. 2 volumes, complete set, 8vo approximately 220 x 145 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, 2 frontispieces, portrait and Great Armilary Sphere, extra pictorial title pages, text printed red and black and dated 1874, 16 maps, 6 folding, 14 full page plates, 3 folding, 2 in colour and 1 heightened in gilt, 35 full page text illustrations, approximately 78 text illustrations of various sizes, pages: Volume 1, xl, [ii], 1-139 (Introduction), followed by Additional Corrigenda (1 tipped in slip), 1-444; Volume 2, xxi, [ii], 1-606 including index, bound in full vellum (probably a presentation binding), gilt lettering and decoration to spines, gilt pictorial covers with coat of arms of Marco Polo, gilt cross to all pastedowns, all edges gilt. Spine of Volume 1 slightly dusty, strip of pale browning to pastedowns and endpapers to both volumes, occasional pale foxing, but mostly bright clean text, a very good tight set, no loose pages. Book of the Marvels of the World, in English commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo, describing Polo's travels through Asia between 1271 and 1295, and his experiences at the court of Kublai Khan (Wikipedia). If interested in this item please send for more images of the letter. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.