First published in 1931. None of the manuscripts which have come down to us represent the original form of Marco Polo's narrative, but it is clear that certain texts are closer to the lost original than others. Entrusted with the task of preparing a new Italian edition of Marco Polo, Benedetto discovered many unknown manuscripts. He carefully edited the most famous of the manuscripts (the Geographic text) and collated it with the other best known ones. - An invaluable index has been added to Aldo Ricci's of Benedetto's text, which includes all the identifications made in the Geographic...
First published in 1931. None of the manuscripts which have come down to us represent the original form of Marco Polo's narrative, but it is clear tha...
