And Now I Have Purchased From Leipsick A Third [The Present] Beautiful Copy.

I know of no fourth copy.

The copy at Vienna wants the portrait."

Vide Bib. Spenceriana, vol. vi. p. 176.

Other copies are to be found at the Imperial Library, Vienna, the Royal Library, Berlin, the Germanisches Museum, Nuremberg; a sixth copy was in the Crawford Collection (London, June, 1887, 1359) with the portrait, and was purchased by B. Quaritch. [See H. Cordier, Cent. of Marco Polo, p. 41.]

- The copy we just spoke of has No. LII. in the Grenville collection, British Museum; it is a folio of 114 pages numbered with a pencil; bound with the arms of the Rt. Honble. Thos. Grenville. Page 114, the exactness of this copy is thus certified: "Apographum collatum cum prototypo, quod in Bibliotheca Palatina Vindobonensi adservatur. Illo quidem, qui descripsit, recitante ex prototypo, me vero hoc apographum inspectante. Respondet pagina paginae, versui versus & syllaba syllabae. Vindobonae die 29. Augusti 1817. B. Kopitar, Biblioth. Palatinae Vindobon. scriptor."

With this manuscript is bound a letter addressed to Mr. Grenville by the Chevalier Scotti, who had the copy made; it is dated "Vienne 20 nmbre 1817," and ends with this post-scriptum: "N.B. Comme cette Edition fort peu connue du 477. est une edition non seulement precieuse, mais a la verite fort rare aussi, elle avoit ete prise par les Francois et portee a Paris la derniere fois qu'ils ont ete a Vienne. Elle y a ete rendue avec tout le reste qu'on avoit emporte a la suite des heureux succes des Coilises, auxquels L'immortel Wellington a tant contribue en y mettant la derniere couronne dont les lauriers resteront a jamais infletrissables."

2. - 2. Augsburg ... 1481.

- The second German edition of Marco Polo has been reprinted at Augsburg in 1481; it is as scarce as the first edition; I have examined the copy in the Imperial Library at St. Petersburg.

Collation: 60 ff. folio, without pagination nor signatures.

Recto f. 1: End of the story of William of Austria, after which is printed Marco Polo.

Verso f. 1: Frontispiece: Portrait of Marco Polo coloured with this inscription round the border: [Top] Das ist der edel ritter Marcho polo von Venedig. [right] der grost landfarer der vas beschreibt die grossen wunder der welt die er selber gese [foot] he:n hat. Von dem auffgang biss zu dem nidergang der [left] sunnen | der geleich vor nit meer gehort seind.

Recto f. 2, begins:

Hie hept sich an das buch des edle ritters vn landtfarers Marcho polo, in dem er schreibt die grossen wunderlichen ding diser welt. sunderlichen vo den grossen kuenigen vnd keisern | die da herschen in den selbigen landen vnd von jrem volck vnnd seiner gewonheyt da selbs.

Recto f. 60: Hie enndet sich herczog Wilhalm von oesterreich vn das buch des edeln ritters vn landtfarers Marcho polo | das da sagt von mengerley wunder der land vnd leuet. vnd wie er die selbige gesehen vn durch faren hat von dem auffgang biss zu dem nydergang d'sunnen Seligklich.

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