Mandeville / Matthew Francis
2008, 1st edition. London : Faber and Faber. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #409671
Physical description; 53 pages ; 20 cm. Contents; Mandeville's Departure -- Of Storms -- Of Circumnavigation -- Of Travelling by Land -- Of Inn -- Of Foreign Tongues -- Of the Road -- Of Relics -- Of the West Sea -- Of Islands -- Of Egypt -- Of the Market -- Of the Pyramids -- Of the Phoenix -- Of Mount Sinai -- Of Bethlehem and Jerusalem -- Of the Temple of Jerusalem -- Of the Dead Sea -- Of the Sea of Galilee -- Of the Assassins -- Of the Land of Darkness -- Of the Amazons -- Of Being Lost -- Of Rocks that Enchant Ships -- Of Pepper -- Of Diamonds -- Of Ants that Dig for Gold -- Of the AnimaIs of India -- Of Prester John -- Of the Gravelly Sea -- Of the Vale Perilous -- Of the Ceremonies of the Great Khan -- Of the Tartars -- Of the Vegetable Lamb -- Of Apes Said to Contain Human Souls -- Of Island Peoples -- Of a Manner of Disposing of the Dead -- Of Paradise -- Mandeville's Farewell -- Of Circumnavigation.
Subjects; Mandeville, John Sir ; Poetry. Mandeville, John Sir. French poetry. French poetry - 14th century. French literature in English. Poetry translation French-English. Mandeville.
Price: €12.95