1841, 8vo, pp. 80.
76. - 3. Marco Polo's Resa i Asien.
Small ppt. square 12mo, pp. 16; on p. 16 at foot: Stockholm, tryckt hos
P.G. Berg, 1859.
On the title-page a cut illustrating a traveller in a chariot drawn by
elephants.
III. - TITLES OF SUNDRY BOOKS AND PAPERS WHICH TREAT OF MARCO POLO AND
HIS BOOK.
1. SALVIATI, Cavalier LIONARDO. Degli Avvertimenti delta Lingua sopra'l
Decamerone. In Venezia, 1584.
Has some brief remarks on Texts of Polo, and on references to him or his
story in Villani and Boccaccio.
2. MARTINI, MARTINO. Novus Atlas Sinensis. Amstelodami, 1655.
The Maps are from Chinese sources, and are surprisingly good. The
Descriptions, also from Chinese works but interspersed with information of
Martini's own, have, in their completeness, never been superseded. This
estimable Jesuit often refers to Polo with affectionate zeal, identifying
his localities, and justifying his descriptions. The edition quoted in this
book forms a part of Blaeu's Great Atlas (1663). It was also reprinted in
Thevenot's Collection.
3. KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. China Illustrata. Amstelodami, 1667.
He also often refers to Polo, but chiefly in borrowing from Martini.
4. MAGAILLANS, GABRIEL DE (properly Magalhaens). Nouvelle Description de
la Chine, contenant la description des Particularites les plus
considerables de ce Grand Empire. Paris, 1688, 4to.
Contains many excellent elucidations of Polo's work.
5. CORONELLI, VINCENZO. Atlante Veneto.
