The Voiage And Travaile Which Treateth Of The Way To Hierusalem, And The Marvayles Of Inde, With Other Llands And Countryes
San Francisco: Random House, 1928. Angelo, Valenti. Hardcover. 157 pages. Folio, 34 x 24 cm. Limited edition, copy 25 of 150 by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for Random House, illuminated by Valenti Angelo in colors and gilt. 32 woodcuts in the text, and 34 large hand-illuminated initials in red, blue and gold. Paragraph marks in red and blue. Type was set by Robert Grabhorn and John Gannon with binding by William Wheeler. The text is from the 1725 English edition, The first compilation appeared circa 1366 in which Mandeville claimed to have journeyed through the countries noted here, but he gathered his story from various literary sources of the period. Raised bands, backstrip lettered in blind with some rubbing to joints. Laid-in a 9 x 12 inch four page Christmas greeting printed in red with a color lithograph on page 3. Orig. publisher's Philippine mahogany boards with brown niger morocco. Very good. Item #23992
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