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202.MANDEVILLE, Sir John. the voiage and travaile of sir John maundevile, kt. which treatest of the Way to hierusalem, and of marvayles of inde, with other ilands and countryes. reprinted from the edition of A.d. 1725. With an introduction, Additional notes, and glossary, by J[ames].o[rchard]. halliwell[-phillipps]. London: Levey, Robson, and Franklyn for Edward Lumley, 1839.
£150
8vo (212 x 132mm). contemporary english half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one, date gilt directly at the foot, other compartments decorated in gilt and blind, red- speckled edges; pp. [i]-xvii (half-title and title, versos blank, ‘editor’s preface to the edition of 1727’, contents), [1 (blank)], [iii]-xiv (introduction), [1]-326; wood-engraved frontispiece, and wood-engraved title-vignette and illustrations in the text; extremities a little rubbed and bumped, endpapers lightly browned, occasional light spotting, light marginal stain on last 2 ll., bound without final l. of advertisements found in some copies, otherwise a very good copy retaining the half-title.
First Halliwell edition. An edition of the Voyages supposed to have been written by sir John mandeville, founded upon the well-regarded edition of 1725 and edited by the precocious bibliographer and paleographer halliwell-phillips at the age of 19, using a range of printed and manuscript sources. the odnb states of the Voyages that, ‘the book is a vernacular account of the known world, loosely based upon the alleged travels of its narrator, and was immediately and immensely popular. Alongside the french version and its recensions there were translations (often more than one) into german, english, italian, dutch, spanish, irish, danish, and czech. Altogether over 250 manuscripts survive in twenty-two versions. in england alone there were four latin and four english translations and a rhymed version. in the book the narrator declares that he is sir John mandeville, born and bred in st Albans, who left england in 1322 and travelled the world for many years, serving the sultan of cairo and visiting the great khan, and finally in 1357 in age and illness setting down his account of the world. this account is essentially in two parts, a description of the holy land and the routes thither and a description of Asia and other partes infidelium. there is no historical corroboration of the author’s claims. on the contrary, nine-tenths of the substance of the Voyages can be precisely traced to written sources, which range from pliny to vincent of beauvais and include many itineraries of genuine travellers like William of boldensele and odoric of pordenone, and the remaining tenth almost certainly derives from sources yet to be traced [...] though the framework of the narration by sir John mandeville is fictitious, the substance is not. there can be no doubt whatsoever that the author reported in good faith what his authorities recorded and that his book was seriously intended’. varying collations are given for the work (and the confusion is compounded by the odd pagination), but the preface and introduction do appear to have been reversed when this copy was bound.
Brunet III, col. 1357; Ibrahim-Hilmy, II, p. 12; Lowndes p. 1464; NMM I, 1175 (with introduction bound before preface); Röhricht 196; cf. Cox I, p. 319 (1725 ed.: ‘the completest edition up to date’).
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203. MANN, Thomas. the magic mountain. New York. Alfred A . Knopf 1927.
£698
8vo., 2 volumes in original cloth, lettered in red on upper boards and in gilt on spines. spine lettering rather faded on vol.1, otherwise a very good set in original slipcase.
first us edition, translated by h.t. lowe-porter.
204.MARSHALL, Mrs A.B. mrs A.b. marshall’s cookery book Marshall’s School of Cookery, [c.1926]
£98
8vo, original green cloth, upper board and spine lettered in black,with 125 illustrations; a very good copy.
revised edition with 11 new chapters of extra recipes.
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