Mandeville, Sir John
The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Kt.
£353
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
Which Treateth of the Way to Hierusalem, and of Marvayles of Inde, with other Islands and Countries. London: J. Wooman, D. Lyon & C. Davis, 1725. 8vo, [xvi], [viii], 384, [vii]; title page printed in red and black, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, upper board detached, slight wear to upper corners
Footnote
Note: Fine 18th-century English edition of the classic, though partly fictional, 14th-century account of the voyages of Sir John Mandeville through Turkey, Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Persia, Arabia, India and the East Indies, published from a 15th-century manuscript in the Cottonian Library. Printed by William Bowyer whose records show a print run of just 350 copies. ESTC T100822.