I.P. Minaev'. - Puteshestvie Marko Polo perevod'
starofrantsueskago teksta. - Izdanie Imp. Rysskago Geog. Ouschestva
pod' redaktsiei d'istvitel'nago chlena V.V. Bartol'da.] - St.
Petersburg, 1902, 8vo, pp. xxix + 1 f. + pp. 355.
Vol. xxvi. of the Zapiski of the Russian Geog. Society, translated
from the French.
K. - IRISH EDITION.
73. - The Gaelic Abridgment of the Book of Ser Marco Polo. By Whitley
Stokes. (Zeit. f. Celtische Philologie, 1 Bd., 2 & 3 Hft. Halle a.
S. 1896-7, 8vo, pp. 245-273, 362-438.)
Book of Lismore. - See our Introduction, I. p. 103, note.
L. - VARIOUS EDITIONS.
74. - 1. The edition of Marco Polo in preparation by Klaproth is announced
in the part of June, 1824 of the Journal Asiatique pp. 380-381.
"M. Klaproth vient de terminer son travail sur Marco Polo, qui l'a
occupe depuis plusieurs annees....
"La nouvelle edition de Marco Polo, que notre confrere prepare,
contiendra l'italien de Ramusio, complete, et des Notes explicatives en
bas des pages. Elle sera accompagnee d'une Carte representant les pays
visites ou decrits par le celebre Venitien."
- See also on this edition of Klaproth, the Bulletin des Sciences
historiques, antiquites etc., juin 1824, art. 580; the Jour. des
Savans, juillet 1824, pp. 446-447, and the Jour. As. of
1824-1828: Recherches sur les Ports de Gampou. Klaproth's materials for
this edition were sold after his death Fr.200 to the bookseller Duprat; See
Cat. des Livres composant la Bib. de M.K., II'e Partie, No. 292.
75. - 2. Marco Polos Beskrivelse af det ostlige asiatiske Hoiland,
forklaret ved C.V. Rimestad. Forste Afdeling, indeholdende
Indiedningen og Ost-Turkestan. Indbydelseskrift til den aarlige
offentlige Examen i Borgerdydskolen i Kjobenhavn i Juli 1841.
Kjobenhavn, Trykt hos Bianco Luno. 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. Venezia, 1690.
Has some remarks on Polo, and the identity of Cathay and Cambaluc with
China and Peking.
6. MURATORI, LUD. ANT. Perfetta Poesia, con note di SALVINI. Venezia,
1724.
In vol. ii. p. 117, Salvini makes some remarks on the language in which he
supposes Polo to have composed his Book.
7. FOSCARINI, MARCO. Delia Letteratura Veneziana. Padova, 1752. Vol. i.
414 seqq.
8. FOSCARINI, MARCO. Frammento inedito di, intorno at Viaggiatori
Veneziani; accompanied by Remarks on Buerck's German edition of Marco
Polo, by TOMMASO GAR (late Director of the Venice Archives). In Archivio
Storico Italiano, Append. tom. iv. p. 89 seqq. [See Bibliography, supra
8-8, p. 557.]
9. ZENO, APOSTOLO, Annotazioni sopra la Biblioteca dell' Eloquenza
Italiana di Giusto Fontanini. Venezia, 1753.
See Marsden's Introduction, passim.
10. TIRABOSCHI, GIROLAMO. Storia della Letteratura Italiana. Modena,
1772-1783.
There is a disquisition on Polo, with some judicious remarks (iv. pp.
68-73).
11. TOALDO, GIUSEPPE. Saggi di Studj Veneti nell' Astronomia e nella
Marina. Ven. 1782.
This work, which I have not seen, is stated to contain some remarks on
Polo's Book. The author had intended to write a Commentary thereon, and had
collected books and copies of MSS. with this view, and read an article on
the subject before the Academy of Padua, but did not live to fulfil his
intention (d. 1797).
[See Cicogna, II. p. 386; vi. p. 855.]
12. LESSING. Marco Polo, aus einer Handschrift ergaenzt, und aus einer
andern sehr zu verbessern: (Zur Geschichte und Litteratur ... von G.E.
Lessing. II. Beytrag. Braunschweig, 1773, 8vo, pp. 259-298.)
13. FORSTER, J. REINHOLD. H. des Decouvertes et des Voyages faits dans le
Nord. French Version. Paris, 1788.
14. SPRENGEL, MATHIAS CHRISTIAN. Geschichte der wichtigsten geographischen
Entdeckungen &c. 2nd Ed. Halle, 1792.
This book, which is a marvel for the quantity of interesting matter which
it contains in small space, has much about Polo.
15. ZURLA, Abate PLACIDO. Life of Polo, in Collezione di Vite e Ritratti
d'Illustri Italiani. Padova, 1816.
This book is said to have procured a Cardinal's Hat for the author. It is a
respectable book, and Zurla's exertions in behalf of the credit of his
countrymen are greatly to be commended, though the reward seems
inappropriate.
16. - - , - - . Dissertazioni di Marco Polo e degli altri Viaggiatori
Veneziani, &c. Venezia, 1818-19, 4to.
17. 18, 19. QUARTERLY REVIEW, vol. xxi. (1819), contains an Article on
Marsden's Edition, written by John Barrow, Esq.; that for July, 1868,
contains another on Marco Polo and his Recent Editors, written by the
present Editor; and that for Jan. 1872, one on the First Edition of this
work, by R.H. Major, Esq.
20. ASIA, Hist. Account of Discovery and Travels in. By HUGH MURRAY
Edinburgh, 1820.
21. STEIN, C.G.D. Rede des Herrn Professor Dr. Christian Gottfried Daniel
Stein. (Gesprochen den 29sten September, 1819.) Ueber den Venetianer Marco
Polo. Pages 8-19 of Einladung zur Gedaechtniszfeier der Wohlthater des
Berlinisch-Koellnischen Gymnasiums ... von dem Direktor Johann Joachim
Bellermann.
