"Della Navigationi et Viaggi" Volume Secondo - Giovanni Battista Ramusio - Marco Polo - 1606

"Della Navigationi et Viaggi"

-Volume Secondo

-Giovanni Battista RAMUSIO

-Final and most complete edition of 1606

-Published by Giunti in Venice

-TP, 18, index, 256, 80 (complete)

-Soft Vellum binding of the era. Some small tears, wormholes and staining to pages. Blind stamp decoration to binding and gilt page edges.

This Volume contains a very early printed edition of Marco Polos travels to Cathay "China" which includes an early description and woodcut of Rhubarb!

Complete Second Volume of Ramusio's "Navigationi et Viaggi". Published by Giunti in enice in 1606 This is the final, and most complete edition, of the Second Volume of this celebrated work. Very good condition.   The volume's other voyages focus on The Middle East and Asia, including travels to Persia, Moscow and Tartary. This later edition also contains the seminal voyage of Sebastian Cabot to North America and the Zeno brothers' voyage to the fictitious island of Frisland.