76.—­3.  Marco Polo’s Resa i Asien.

Small ppt. square 12mo, pp. 16; on p. 16 at foot:  Stockholm, tryckt hos
P.G.  Berg, 1859.

On the title-page a cut illustrating a traveller in a chariot drawn by elephants.

III.—­TITLES OF SUNDRY BOOKS AND PAPERS WHICH TREAT OF MARCO POLO AND HIS BOOK.

1.  SALVIATI, Cavalier LIONARDO. Degli Avvertimenti delta Lingua sopra’l Decamerone.  In Venezia, 1584.

Has some brief remarks on Texts of Polo, and on references to him or his story in Villani and Boccaccio.

2.  MARTINI, MARTINO. Novus Atlas Sinensis.  Amstelodami, 1655.

The Maps are from Chinese sources, and are surprisingly good.  The Descriptions, also from Chinese works but interspersed with information of Martini’s own, have, in their completeness, never been superseded.  This estimable Jesuit often refers to Polo with affectionate zeal, identifying his localities, and justifying his descriptions.  The edition quoted in this book forms a part of Blaeu’s Great Atlas (1663).  It was also reprinted in Thevenot’s Collection.

3.  KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. China Illustrata.  Amstelodami, 1667.

He also often refers to Polo, but chiefly in borrowing from Martini.

4.  MAGAILLANS, GABRIEL DE (properly Magalhaens). Nouvelle Description de la Chine, contenant la description des Particularites les plus considerables de ce Grand Empire.  Paris, 1688, 4to.

Contains many excellent elucidations of Polo’s work.

5.  CORONELLI, VINCENZO. Atlante Veneto.  Venezia, 1690.

Has some remarks on Polo, and the identity of Cathay and Cambaluc with
China and Peking.

6.  MURATORI, LUD.  ANT. Perfetta Poesia, con note di SALVINI.  Venezia, 1724.

In vol. ii. p. 117, Salvini makes some remarks on the language in which he supposes Polo to have composed his Book.

7.  FOSCARINI, MARCO. Delia Letteratura Veneziana.  Padova, 1752.  Vol. i. 414 seqq.

8.  FOSCARINI, MARCO. Frammento inedito di, intorno at Viaggiatori Veneziani; accompanied by Remarks on Buerck’s German edition of Marco Polo, by TOMMASO GAR (late Director of the Venice Archives).  In Archivio Storico Italiano, Append. tom. iv. p. 89 seqq. [See Bibliography, supra 8-8, p. 557.]

9.  ZENO, APOSTOLO, Annotazioni sopra la Biblioteca dell’ Eloquenza Italiana di Giusto Fontanini.  Venezia, 1753.

See Marsden’s Introduction, passim.

10.  TIRABOSCHI, GIROLAMO. Storia della Letteratura Italiana.  Modena, 1772-1783.

There is a disquisition on Polo, with some judicious remarks (iv. pp. 68-73).

11.  TOALDO, GIUSEPPE. Saggi di Studj Veneti nell’ Astronomia e nella Marina.  Ven. 1782.

This work, which I have not seen, is stated to contain some remarks on Polo’s Book.  The author had intended to write a Commentary thereon, and had collected books and copies of MSS. with this view, and read an article on the subject before the Academy of Padua, but did not live to fulfil his intention (d. 1797).