MANDEVILLE, John [= Jehan d'OUTREMEUSE].Biblio.com
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1696H2NF22FJOYPMLondon: Richard Chiswell Benjamin Walford Matthew Wotton George Conyers printing probably shared by 2 printers one possibly Samuel Roycroft 1696. Gold-tooled red goatskin morocco by Robert Riviere in London ca. 1875/80 with 5 false bands on the spine each board with a double frame of double and triple fillets and 2 different sets of 4 corner pieces author and title in gold in 2nd and 3rd of 6 spine compartments the others with gold-tooled decorations and the date and place of publication at the foot gold-tooled turn-ins gold fillets on board edges straight-combed endpapers gilt edges stamped on the back of the free marbled endleaf in sans-serif capitals: "Bound by Riviere". 4to 19.5 x 15.5 cm. With a woodcut ship on the title-page with a griffin on the sail and about 60 woodcut illustrations in the text mostly about 5.5 x 8 cm plus about 10 repeats each with a thick-thin border. Set in textura types with incidental roman and italic. A rare 17th-century English edition with about 60 different woodcut illustrations of a classic and partly fictional 14th-century account of travels presented as voyages of Sir John Mandeville through Turkey Egypt Ethiopia Syria Persia Arabia India and the East Indies. It was originally written in French and is thought to have been compiled from various sources by Jehan d'Outremeuse 1338-1400 of Liege. It includes many well-known stories and illustrations of monstrous people and animals in exotic lands: a man with only one enormous foot that he can use as a parasol a dog-headed man a man with his face in his chest a girl who turns into a dragon griffins nine-meter giants ants that gather gold diamonds that mate and give birth to baby diamonds and much more that spoke to the imagination. The book also includes genuine descriptions of the regions covered and gave many Europeans their first notions of the Near East Middle East India and East Indies. The part on Arabia includes an account of the birth of Mohammed.With early owner's inscription and bookplates along with a loosely inserted signed autograph letter ca. 1900. 8 leaves with their margins extended at the fore-edge and foot the title-page and last page somewhat worn and dirty but further in good condition with a few minor fedects. The spine is slightly faded but the binding is still very good.l Arber Term catalogues II p. 593 item 8; ESTC R217088 5 copies; J.O. Halliwell ed. Voiage and travaile of Sir John Maundevile 1866 p. xvi item 2 from the Grenville library; Wing M417 same 5 copies; cf. for the story in general: Cambridge history of English literature 1976 pp. 78-87. Richard Chiswell, Benjamin Walford, Matthew Wotton, George Conyers, [printing probably shared by 2 printers, one possibly Samuel unknown