MANDEVILLE, John (supp. fl. 1357). The Voyages and Travels . London: for R. Chiswell, B . Walford et al., 1696.
MANDEVILLE, John (supp. fl. 1357). The Voyages and Travels . London: for R. Chiswell, B . Walford et al., 1696. 4° (193 x 150mm). Woodcut title vignette and woodcut illustrations throughout. (Title repaired in the inside margin, N2-M4 with marginal repairs affecting signatures, faint dampstaing, some soiling.) Late 19th-century red morocco, sides panelled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges (spine evenly faded). Provenance : Sir Edward Sullivan first baronet (1822-1885, judge and bibliophile; armorial bookplate) -- Hugh Bright (manuscript note laid in presenting the book to:) -- A.H. Bright (bookplate). ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND WIDELY READ TRAVEL ROMANCES . ESTC records only one copy of this edition, in the British Library. Wynken de Worde’s woodcut for the 1499 edition are the basis for many in this one, either as copies or as adaptations. While attributed to John Mandeville the voyage is in fact an English version of the anonymous Itinerarium , probably written in Anglo-Norman French ca. 1357. The account is essentially a description of the Holy Land, and routes leading to it, and a description of Asia and other partes infidelium . The first edition in English was printed by Richard Pynson in 1496. Wing M-417.
MANDEVILLE, John (supp. fl. 1357). The Voyages and Travels . London: for R. Chiswell, B . Walford et al., 1696.
MANDEVILLE, John (supp. fl. 1357). The Voyages and Travels . London: for R. Chiswell, B . Walford et al., 1696. 4° (193 x 150mm). Woodcut title vignette and woodcut illustrations throughout. (Title repaired in the inside margin, N2-M4 with marginal repairs affecting signatures, faint dampstaing, some soiling.) Late 19th-century red morocco, sides panelled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges (spine evenly faded). Provenance : Sir Edward Sullivan first baronet (1822-1885, judge and bibliophile; armorial bookplate) -- Hugh Bright (manuscript note laid in presenting the book to:) -- A.H. Bright (bookplate). ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND WIDELY READ TRAVEL ROMANCES . ESTC records only one copy of this edition, in the British Library. Wynken de Worde’s woodcut for the 1499 edition are the basis for many in this one, either as copies or as adaptations. While attributed to John Mandeville the voyage is in fact an English version of the anonymous Itinerarium , probably written in Anglo-Norman French ca. 1357. The account is essentially a description of the Holy Land, and routes leading to it, and a description of Asia and other partes infidelium . The first edition in English was printed by Richard Pynson in 1496. Wing M-417.
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