Bernard J Shapero : Rare Books

Travel

MARKHAM, Sir Clement, editor.

Book of the Knowledge of All the Kingdoms, Lands, and Lordships that are in the World, and the Arms and Devices of each Land and Lordship, or of the Kings and Lords who possess them. Written by a Spanish Franciscan in the Middle of the XIV Century. Published for the First Time with Notes by Marcos Jimenez de la Espada, in 1877. Translated and Edited by Sir Clements Markham.


Printed for the Hakluyt Society, London, 1912. 8vo. 20 colour illustrations. Original blue diapered cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering on spines, with gilt vignette of the sailing ship "Victoria" on upper cover, with blind stamped design, recased. Very good.

Hakluyt Society Second Series, no. 29.

Price: £ 100
US Dollar Price: $ 200
Stock Number: 67534