El Millón
Bibliographic record 0782
Author
Polo, Marco
Title
El Millón
Statement of responsibility
Versión de María de Cardona y Suzanne Dobelmann
Place of publication
Madrid
Publisher
Espasa-Calpe, S. A.
Printer
Talleres Espasa-Calpe, S. A., Ríos Rosas, 24, Madrid
Publication date
1934
Imprint statement
Madrid : Espasa-Calpe, 1934
Language
Spanish
Alternative title
La división del mundo
Original work
Le devisement du monde (Il Milione)
Original language
French
Translator
Cardona, María de ; Dobelmann, Suzanne
Collation
301 p.
Illustrations
Engraved heraldic coat of arms
Maps
Contains: a reduced facsimile of the Catalan Mappa Mundi (Catalan Atlas, Majorca, 1375), reproduced on two folding sheets
Dimensions
19,5 × 13 cm
Paper type
Wove paper
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Roman typeface; chapters numbered in Roman numerals with headings; colophon reproducing that of Rustichello of Pisa
Notes on physical description
Slightly yellowed paper; interior in good condition
Binding type
Full leather
Materials
Leather over boards
Colours
Brown, with gilt fillets and lettering on the spine
Decoration
Spine with gilt fillets and, in one panel, "MARCO POLO / EL MILLON" in gilt; plain boards
Spine
Smooth leather spine with gilt fillets; author and title gilt-stamped
Endpapers
Plain light-coloured endpapers
Edges
Untrimmed edges (deckle edges)
Notes
Solid and careful leather binding, with slight rubbing; text block firm
Content description
Spanish version of the book of the travels of Marco Polo —Il Milione or "The Description of the World"—, the account the Venetian dictated in 1298 to Rustichello of Pisa in the Genoa prison. It describes the Polos' journey to the court of the Great Khan Kublai and the lands, cities, customs and marvels of Armenia, Persia, Tartary, China, India and other provinces of the East. The Espasa-Calpe edition, translated by María de Cardona and Suzanne Dobelmann, reproduces Rustichello's colophon and is accompanied by the facsimile of the Catalan Atlas of 1375.
General notes
The book of Marco Polo's travels in the Spanish version of María de Cardona and Suzanne Dobelmann (Espasa-Calpe, Madrid, 1934). It reproduces the colophon of Rustichello of Pisa (Genoa, 1298) and includes the reduced facsimile of the Catalan Atlas (1375). Full brown leather binding with a gilt spine. From the library of Alfred Gallart i Genís.
Main subject
Travel literature
Subsubjects
Travel; the East; Silk Road; Kublai Khan; Middle Ages; cartography
Keywords
Marco Polo; El Millón; Il Milione; Rustichello; Espasa-Calpe; Catalan Atlas; travel; 1934
Shelfmark
0782
Condition
Good; solid leather binding; clean interior with slight yellowing; text block firm
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Not observed in the supplied images
Manuscript annotations
Not identified
Dedications
Not identified
Stamps
Not identified
Restorations
Not identified