Marco Polo (1477)

The earliest printed edition of Marco Polo’s account was published in German in 1477

Puch des edeln Ritters und landtfarers Marcho Polo, in dem er schreibt die grossen wunderlichen ding dieser welt. Übers. aus dem Ital. (Norimberg, Friedrich Creußner, 1477). 122 pp.

• Digitalized:
  > Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00004552-7 [full color])
  > Watermarks: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00083799-0 [B/W])
  > Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz
• Bibliographic references:
  > BS 1964 [includes a description of the copy in the holdings of the Austrian National Library]
  > Incunabula Short Title Catalogue: ISTC-Number ip00901000
  > BSB-Ink digital: P-671
• Entry in Wiener China-Bibliographie

The second German edition was published in 1481 in Augsburg.

The first Latin edition was published in 1483/4 in Gouda.

Last updated November 26, 2022.