MARCO POLO
DESCRIBING THE WORLD
Translated from the original strophrancus with Old Italian and Latin edits by Anna Ludwika Czerny.
Withan introduction and footnotes by Marian Lewicki .
Warsaw 1954, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, pp. 806, illustrations on separate plates, map; format 12.5x21cm.
HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER. SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS, EMBOSSING AND GILT, TWO COLOR SIGNS. ON BOTH COVERS IMPRESSIVE DECORATIVE BORDERS EMBOSSED IN GOLD. DECORATIVE HAND-MARBLED PAPER ON THE COVERS, PAGE EDGES STAINED. INTERIORS OF COVERS BORDERED IN GILT.
BDB-/ condition, stamps on the back of the title page erased, otherwise a BEAUTIFUL piece.