MANDEVILLE, John (supp. fl. 1357). The voiage and trauayle, of syr Iohn Maundeuile knight, which treateth of the way toward Hierusalem, and of maruayles of Inde with other ilands and countries. [London:] Thomas East, 1568. 8° (171 x 125mm). 92 leaves (of 94, without A1 title, and N2, text and colophon). Black letter, 76 woodcut vignettes. (Paper repair with loss of text to bottom third of A2-3, repair to bottom margin of M7-N1 with loss of a few words, light soiling and a little black ink on A2 and N1.) Full red morocco by Riviere & Son, upper cover lettered in gold. Provenance : Thomas Edward Watson, Newport (bookplate; by descent to the present owners). ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN COPIES of this early edition in English (the fifth) of this vernacular account of the known world, and one of the most famous and widely read travel romances. All early editions are very rare; all STC editions survive in only one or two copies and are often defective, and no earlier English edition appears to have been sold at auction in over 50 years. The woodcuts derive from de Worde's 1499 edition (Luborsky & Ingram A Guide To English Illustrated Books 1536-1603 , 1998 p. 561). While attributed to John Mandeville the voyage is in fact an English version of the anonymous Itinerarium , probably written in Anglo-Norman French c. 1357. Jean d'Outremeuse (d. 1400) has been suggested as author, but DNB argues against this and suggests instead the librarian of a Benedictine abbey church, possibly Jean le Long (d. 1388) of St Bertin at St Omer. The account is essentially a description of the Holy Land, and routes leading to it, and a description of Asia and other partes infidelium . The first edition in English was printed by Richard Pynson in 1496; the British Library copy (defective) of that edition was exhibited in 1951 at the Festival of Britain. ESTC S103103, STC 17250.
MANDEVILLE, John (supp. fl. 1357). The voiage and trauayle, of syr Iohn Maundeuile knight, which treateth of the way toward Hierusalem, and of maruayles of Inde with other ilands and countries. [London:] Thomas East, 1568. 8° (171 x 125mm). 92 leaves (of 94, without A1 title, and N2, text and colophon). Black letter, 76 woodcut vignettes. (Paper repair with loss of text to bottom third of A2-3, repair to bottom margin of M7-N1 with loss of a few words, light soiling and a little black ink on A2 and N1.) Full red morocco by Riviere & Son, upper cover lettered in gold. Provenance : Thomas Edward Watson, Newport (bookplate; by descent to the present owners). ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN COPIES of this early edition in English (the fifth) of this vernacular account of the known world, and one of the most famous and widely read travel romances. All early editions are very rare; all STC editions survive in only one or two copies and are often defective, and no earlier English edition appears to have been sold at auction in over 50 years. The woodcuts derive from de Worde's 1499 edition (Luborsky & Ingram A Guide To English Illustrated Books 1536-1603 , 1998 p. 561). While attributed to John Mandeville the voyage is in fact an English version of the anonymous Itinerarium , probably written in Anglo-Norman French c. 1357. Jean d'Outremeuse (d. 1400) has been suggested as author, but DNB argues against this and suggests instead the librarian of a Benedictine abbey church, possibly Jean le Long (d. 1388) of St Bertin at St Omer. The account is essentially a description of the Holy Land, and routes leading to it, and a description of Asia and other partes infidelium . The first edition in English was printed by Richard Pynson in 1496; the British Library copy (defective) of that edition was exhibited in 1951 at the Festival of Britain. ESTC S103103, STC 17250.
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