The Voiage and Travayle of Sir John Maundeville Knight 1887 : Voyage & Travel

The Voiage and Travayle of Sir John Maundeville Knight;
Which treateth of the way toward Hierusalem and of Marvayles of Inde with other Ilands and Countreys. Edit. Annotated and Illust. in facsimile by John Ashton

London: Pickering, 1887. Limited edition. Number 97 of 100 copies printed in Large Paper. Based on a reprint of the unique Pynson edition, the oldest English printed version extant, in the Grenville Library of the British Museum. "...Grenville and Dibdin believe [the Pynson edition] to be earlier than that of Wynken de Worde's" See Cox, I, p. 319. Vellum spine with light blue  boards, pp xxiv, 287, [i]. Illustrated.

A good copy. Grubbiness to the vellum spine and light signs of age to the boards. All contents present, endpapers browned with age. Pages good throughout. Overall a good copy.

(Location :  Glass cabinet 3)