Marco Polo: The Description of the World [with] Notes on Marco Polo [and] Quinsai: with other Notes on Marco Polo.

First edition in English of this landmark scholarly edition of Marco Polo’s travels, one of the most authoritative scholarly treatments of Polo’s account. Quarto, two volumes, original publisher's cloth with spines lettered in gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, profusely illustrated with folding maps, facsimiles, and plates. Together with Moule's Quinsai: with other Notes on Marco Polo [Cambridge: At the University Press, 1957. [First edition. Quarto, original wrappers, illustrated with maps, facsimiles, and plates] and Pelliot's posthumously published encyclopedic companion piece Notes on Marco Polo [Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1959-1973. First edition. Quarto, three volumes, original publisher's cloth with spines lettered in gilt]. In near fine condition. A very rare complete collection of the essential scholarly trilogy on Marco Polo.