Dr. D. Servando
Arbolf y Faraudo Dignidad de Capellan Mayor de San Fernando. - See also H.
Harrisse, Bibl. americana vetustissima. - Additions, p. XII.
"Edition fort rare, dit Brunet, et la plus ancienne que l'on ait de cette
version latine de Marco Polo, faite par Pipino, vers 1320. Elle est
imprimee avec les memes caracteres, que l'Itinerarium de Joan. de
Mandeville, c'est-a-dire par Gerard de Leeu, a Anvers, vers 1485, et non
pas a Rome et a Venise, comme on l'avait suppose. Vend. 4 liv. 14 sh. 6d.
Hanrott; 7 liv. Libri en 1859. (Choicer portion, 1562.)" Brunet writes
elsewhere (cf. Mandeville par H. Cordier) about Mandeville from the same
press: "...La souscription que nous allons rapporter semble prouver
qu'elle a ete imprimee a Venise; cependant Panzer, IX, 200, la croit
sortie des presses de Theodoric Martin, a Aloste, et M. Grenville en
trouvait les caracteres conformes a ceux que Gerard Leeu a employes a
Anvers, de 1484-1485. M. Campbell (Ann. de la typ. neerlandaise) la
donne a Gerard Leeu, et fixe la date de l'impression a la premiere annee
du sejour de ce typographe a Anvers, apres son depart de Gouda."
It is certain from the use of the signatures a, aa, a, and the similitude
of the type of the three works, that the Mandeville, the Ludolphe, and
the Marco Polo come from the same printing office, and have been printed
together as it seems to be proved by the copy of the Sunderland Library,
which was complete and contained the three works.
Lazari, p. 460, writes: "Jo. de Mandeville itineraria: Dom. Ludolph. de
itinere ad Terrain Sanctam: M. Paul. Venet. de regionibus orientalibus.
Liber rariss. Zwollis, 1483, in-4.
"Leggiamo questa nota nell' opera Bibliotheca Beauclerkiana or Sale
catalogue of the books of Topham Beauclerk's Library, London, 1781, P.
II., p. 15, n. 430. Marsden pero ritiene celarsi sotto quell'erronea
indicazione la seguente prima edizione [s.a., 4to] latina de' viaggi di
M. Polo. Fgli istitui molte ricerche per rinvenire in Inghilterra quell'
esemplare, ma non gli e stato possibile di averne traccia."
11. - 2. Marci Pavli Veneti, de Regionibvs orientalibvs Libri III. (Novus
Orbis Regionum).
Editions of 1532, 1537, 1555. - See 3-3.
12. - 3. Marci Pavli || Veneti Itinerarivm, || seu de rebus Orientalibus ||
Libri tres. || Helmaestadii, || M.D. LXXXV, 4to.
Part of the Collection of Reineccius:
- Reineri Reinecii || Polyhistoris clarissimi || Historia O - || rientalis:
|| Hoc est || Rerum in oriente a Christianis, Saracenis, Tur-||cis &
Tartaris gestarum diuersorum || Auctorum. || Totum opus in duas partes
tribulum est, || contenta in singulis sequens || pagina indicat. ||
Helmaestadii, || Typis Iacobi Lucij, impensis heredum Ludolphi || Brandes.
Anno 1602, 4to.
Verso of the title:
Primus Tomus continet:
- Chronicon Hierosolomytanum, cum appen-||dice Reineri Reineccij &
Chronologia || Henr. Meibomij.
In Altero sunt:
- Vita Henrici VII. Imp. auctore Conrado Vec-||erio.
- Vita Caroli IIII. Imp. ab ipso Carolo con-||scripta.
- Historia Orientalis Haythoni Armenij.
- Pauli Veneti Itinerarium.
- Fragmentum de reb. orientalibus ex Speculo || Historiali Vincentij
Beluacensis.
- Appendix ad Expositiones Haythoni auctore || Rein. Reineccio.
The colophon at the end of the first part has the date of 1584; at the end
of the second part, 1585.
- This Marco Polo was reprinted according to Lazari, p. 465, in 1602.
13. - 4. MARCI PAULI VENETI, || Historici fidelissimi juxta ac
praestantissimi, || de || REGIONIBUS || orientalibus || libri III. ||
Cum Codice Manuscripto Biblio-|| thecae Electoralis Brandenburgicae
collati, exq'; || eo adjectis Notis plurimum turn suppleti || tum
illustrati. || Accedit, propter cognationem materiae, || HAITHONI
ARMENI HISTORIA || orientalis: quae & de Tartaris || inscribitur; ||
Itemque || ANDREAE MULLERI, Greiffenhagii, || de CHATAJA, cujus
praedictorum Auctorum uter-|| que mentionem facit, DISQUISITIO; inque
ipsum || Marcum Paulum Venetum PRAEFATIO, & || locupletissimi INDICES.
|| Coloniae Brandenburgicae, || - Ex Officina Georgii Schulzii, Typogr.
Elect. || Anno M. DC. LXXI. 4to.
Contains:
Engraved frontispiece.
Dedicatory Epistle, 3 ff. not numbered.
Andreae MUELLERI Greiffenhagii, in Marci Pauli Veneti Chorographiam,
Praefatio pp. 26.
Doctorum Virorum De hoc Marci Pauli Veneti Opere Testimonia, ac Judicia ...
(Franciscus Pipinus, etc.) 8 ff. n. ch.
MARCI PAULI Veneti De Regionibus orientalibus Libri III, pp. 167.
Index primus Historicus, Sive alphabetica Recensio omnium eorum, quae
Autor passim observavit, atque alias memoranda reliquit, 22 ff. not
numbered.
Index secundus Chronographicus, qui Annos & cujuslibet anni NOTABILIA (quae
quidem Autor designavit) continet, 1 page.
Index tertius Itineraries, Ubi Loca recensentur, quae auctor pertransiit,
& Distanstantiae Locorum, quas ipse annotavit, 2 ff. not numbered.
Index quartus Glossarius, Estque vocum exoticarum, quas Autor ipse
interpretatus est, 1 half p.
Emendanda in Marco Paulo Veneto, quaeq; ad hunc pertinent: aut ad eadem
Addenda, 1 f. not numbered.
HAITHONI Armeni || Historia ori-||entalis: || Qvae eadem & De Tartaris ||
inscribitur.|| Anno || CIC. ICC. LXXI, 2 ff. not numbered + pp. 107.
[Errata] 2 pp. not numbered.
Index, 7 pp. not numbered.
Andreae MUELLERI, || Greiffenhagii, || DISQUISITIO || Geographica &
Historica, || De || CHATAJA, || In Qua || I. Praecipue Geographorum
nobilis || illa Controversia: Quaenam CHATAJA sit, & an || sit idem ille
terrarum tractus, quem Sinas, & vul-|| go Chinam vocant, aut pars ejus
aliqua? || latissime tractatur; || 2. Eadem vero opera pleraque rerum,
quae unquam || de Chataja, deque Sinis memorabilia || fuerunt, atque etiam
nunc sunt, compendiose || enarrantur. || - Ecclesiastae I. v. 15. ||:
[Hebrew] || Senec. de Beneficiis VI. I. || Etiam quod discere
supervacuum est prodest || cognoscere. || - Berolini, Typis Rungianis.
|| Anno M. DC. LXX, 2 ff. not numbered + pp. 115 on 2 col.
C. - ITALIAN EDITIONS.
14. - 1. Marco Polo da Venie || sia de le merauegliose || cose del Mondo.
Below this title the mark of the printer SESSA: a cat holding a mouse in
its mouth with the initials I and B on the right and on the left of the
coat of arms (with a ducal crown above) which exhibits this group, and S
at foot. Verso of f. 83:
Finisse lo libro de Marco Polo da Venie || sia dele merauegliose cose
del modo Im || presso in Venetia per zoanne Baptista || da Sessa
Milanese del M. ccccxcvi. || adi. xiii. del mese de Iunio regna || do lo
Illustrissimo Principe Au || gustino Barbadico inclyto || Duce di
Venetia.
Recto of folio 84:
