l. XIII., Plut. IV. c. 73
Itailian.

Many liberties taken with the text, and much abridged and disarranged.
Thus, after the Prologue it proceeds: "_Al nome di Dio io Marcho Polo
Veneziano raccontero tutte le maravigliose chose ch'io trovai e
vidi_, etc. etc." It ends the chapter on Russia with the following
impertinence: "_E se volete sapere piu innanzi dimandatene un altro
ch'io Marcho Polo non cercai piu avanti._" The Khalif is called
_Largaliffe_; Reobarles, _Reubarbe_, with a marginal note in
an old hand, "_Reubarbe_ citta di Persia, donde viene il reubarbero
herba medicinale." Completed by Dolfo Spini, 16th July, 1425. Paper.
Belonged to the Strozzi Collection.

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FLORENCE
Bib. Magliabecchiana (now Nazionale), Cl. XIII., Plut. IV., c. 61
Italian.

This corresponds to the _Pucci_ MS. noted below (No. 47). It
contains the colophon quoted at vol. i. _Int., Some Estimate of Polo
and his Book_, p. 115, _note_.

Paper, folio, 1392, 100 ff. of which the first 40 contain _Polo_.
Not well written.

Ex. Bibl. Gaddiana.

*_Baldelli-Boni_.

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FLORENCE
Bib. Magliabecchiana (now Naxionale), Cl. XIII., Plut. IV., c. 136
Italian.

Both beginning and end are missing. Slightly different from the Crusca.

14th century.

*_Baldelli-Boni_.

44
FLORENCE
Riccardian Library
Italian.

Ends with chapter on Russia. Followed by an extract of Mandevile and a
valuable coll. of geographical documents of 15th century and beginning
of 16th.

Paper 4to, 16th century.

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45
FLORENCE
Riccardian Library
Latin.

Pipino's; but reaching only to Bk. III. ch. 31.

Paper, 14th century.

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46
FLORENCE
Riccardian Library, No. 1924.
Italian (Ven. dialect).

Partial and defective transcript under the title of _Itinerario di
Levante_.

_G. Uzielli, Note_.

47
FLORENCE
Library of Pucci family
Italian.

See remarks at vol. i. _Int., Various Types of the Text_. Completed
20th Nov. 1391.

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48
FLORENCE
Bib. Palatina (now united to Nazionale), Cod. 572
Italian.

The language differs slightly from that of the Crusca, and, where I have
compared it, is less compressed. Ends with _Rossia_.

Paper, small 4to, 14th century.

Written somewhat roughly in a very old hand. Rustician is _Messer
Restazo da Pisa_. The Grand Kaan gives the Polo's a "tovaglia
_d'Oro_."

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LUCCA
Bib. governativa, Coll. (Lucchesini,