FAITHFUL REPRODUCTION OF Marco Polo - The Book Of Wonders


 1410-1412

 SINGLE VOLUME - 610 pages

 Dimensions: A4 , 210 x 297cm , 8.3" x 11.7"


    Limited to just 99       Deluxe       leather-bound copies       , bound by a master bookbinder/old medieval manuscript expert with 40 years of expertise in book restoration       .   


 The manuscript on Marco Polo's fascinating and adventurous travels ranks among the most famous manuscripts of the Middle Ages and is considered a highlight of French book decoration. Rarely have secular topics had such an intensive echo.


 The Destiny of the Manuscript

 From the very beginning, this manuscript known as the Book of Wonders has had an eventful history. The initial owner of the manuscript seems to be Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy.


 This is assumed because the luxurious work appears in the inventory of the Duke of Berry where it is registered as a present of the Duke of Burgundy. There are many other symbols and points of reference suggesting that the work was commissioned by John.


 After Berry's death the book had been passed on to the Armagnac family, the rest is open to conjecture. After this the codex disappears in the darkness of time and later reappears in the library of King Francis I in the early 16th century. In the late 17th century the manuscript was bound in its actual cover and decorated with the royal arms.


 The manuscript is today known also as MS Français 2810, which includes other codices such as The Travels of Jean de Mandeville, and a few others, all related for their subjects which deal with travelling literature. Marco Polo's the Book of Wonders occupies the very first part of the manuscript, that is fols. 1-96v.


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