‎LE TOUQUET. HEMJIC (Marcel-Jacques).‎
‎"Le Polo".‎

‎Les voyages merveilleux. Vie et aventures de Marco Polo.‎

‎Paris: Mercure de France, 1937 in-12, 310 pages. Broché.‎

‎Les voyages merveilleux. Vie et aventures de Marco Polo. (Paris: Mercure de France, 1937). [M.C.: voyages, Asie, Marco Polo, biographie]‎

‎RIDING - POLO ‎

‎LONDON LONGMANS GREEN AND CO. 1891‎

‎Edizione del 1891 di questa opera di equitazione del capitano Robert Weir e polo di Moray Brown. L'opera è in un volume ed è completa. La prima parte relativa all'equitazione tra cui le tecniche, il cavallo coloniale, storia di equitazione. La seconda parte relativa al polo, Polo in Inghilterra, in India, razze di Pony adatti per il polo, Allenamento dei poni, alcuni famosi giocatori e pony, come dev'essere giocata una partita di polo ecc... Alla fine appendice: Lezioni di equitazione, bibliografia ecc... Numerose planches fuori testo e illustrazioni nel testo. Purtroppo la pagina 247 e 248 risultano mancanti. Ex libris nobiliare al contropiatto anteriore. In ottime condizioni. Coperta in mezza pelle con titolo in oro al dorso in discrete condizioni generali con usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in ottime condizioni con fioriture. In 8. Dim. 20x15 cm. Pp. XIII+423 Edition of 1891 of this work of riding by the Captain Robert Weir and polo by Moray Brown. the work is in one volume and it is complete.The first part relating riding between them the techniques, colonial horse, history of riding. The second part relating to polo, Polo in England, in India, breeds of Pony suitable for polo, Training of ponies, some famous gamers and pony ecc... At the end appendix: Lessons of riding, bibliography ecc... Unfortunately page 247 and 248 are missing. Noble ex libris in the front counterplate. In very good conditions. Half leather cover with golden title in the spine in fair general conditions with wearings in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions. Pages are in very good conditions with foxings. In 8. Dim. 20x15 cm. Pp. XIII+423‎

‎THE MOST NOBLE AND FAMOUS TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO.‎

‎Together with the travels of Nicolò de' Conti. Edited from the Elizabethan translation of John Frampton with Introduction, Notes and Appendixes by N.M. Penzer. The Argonaut Press, London, 1929. In-8 gr., legatura editoriale in mz. pergamena, piatti in tela gialla (tracce d'uso) con lo stemma dei Polo, pp. LX,381; antiporta a colori che illustra la partenza da Venezia e con 11 importanti carte geografiche di cui 1, con la ricostruzione dell'itinerario dettagliato di Marco Polo, più volte ripieg. Da p. 259 i viaggi di Nicolò de' Conti in Oriente. Con due Appendici: Notes to Frampton's text of Marco Polo - Selected passages from Ramusio, etc. Come si legge nella Prefazione the present edition aims at supplying a long-felt want in Polian research: a series of maps embodyng the latest work and discoveries of explorers and cartographers.Tiratura limitata di 1050 esempl. on Japon vellum. Il ns., 357, con qualche fiorit. ma certamente un buon esemplare.‎

‎Roberto Polo the eye. art collecting‎

‎, Frances Lincoln Publishers, London, 2011 Hardback with dusjacket in full color, 688 pages, Format: 325mm x 245mm, Over 400 colour photographs, very fine printed ! ***TRES BON ETAT/NEUF!!! ISBN 9780711232525.‎

‎This book explores the visual evolution of the legendary connoisseur and philanthropist Roberto Polo through a selection of over three hundred masterpieces and magnificent gemstones from the extraordinary collections which he has formed. At an early age, Roberto Polo revealed a powerful talent as a visual artist, exhibiting his work in major art museums and galleries. Thanks to his profound knowledge of art history and theory, he also revealed an astonishing talent for identifying exceptional art and gemstones from many periods and origins. Roberto Polo was educated at the Corcoran School of Art, where he was appointed professor at the precocious age of sixteen, and at Columbia University. At the age of twenty-four, he conceived and organized the now landmark exhibition Fashion as Fantasy, featuring works especially created by fifty-four exhibitors, including David Hockney, Robert Motherwell and Andy Warhol. Roberto Polo was instrumental in founding Citibank?s Fine Art Investment Services, the first department of its kind in the banking industry. In 1981, he left Citibank and became an independent art and gemstone investment advisor. During this period, he formed collections of French eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth-century fine and decorative arts, as well as of gemstones, described by Le Journal des Arts as ?anthological?. In 1988, the French Republic bestowed on him the medal of Commandeur de l?ordre des Arts et de Lettres for his contributions to French art and culture.In the same year, he became the victim of a Kafkaesque judicial affair from which he rose in 1995, according to The New York Times , as ?the wonderful phoenix of the art market?, now championing Historical Design and Modernism independently and through Galerie Historismus. Described by Le Figaro as ?The Eye? and by Architectural Digest as ?The Trendsetter of the Art Market?, Roberto Polo continues to follow his edict that one should only acquire art which was revolutionary in its time.Exquisitely illustrated with over four hundred colour photographs, and with texts by leading art and jewellery historians, this book is a fascinating insight into the man described by Art & Auction , as ?one of the ten people who have made a difference in the art market? and an illuminating account of his forty years of collecting activity.‎

‎Les Précurseurs de Marco Polo. Textes intégraux établis, traduits et commentés par A. ťSerstevens, avec une introduction sur la géographie de l'Asie avant Marco Polo.‎

‎ Arthaud, 1959, in-8°, 363 pp, 38 reproductions en noir de documents, cartes, miniatures de l'époque sur 32 pl. hors texte, une grande carte dépliante en 4 couleurs hors texte in fine, biblio, index, broché, sans la jaquette, bon état (Coll. Clefs de l'aventure, Clefs du savoir)‎

‎La géographie de l'Asie avant Marco Polo. Quelques mots sur le choix des textes présentés. Le Livre des deux Mahométans. Voyage de Jean du Plan de Carpin. Itinéraire de Guillaume de Rubruk. — "Les géographes occidentaux du Moyen âge ignoraient tout de l'Asie centrale, de la Chine et de l'Inde ; c'était pour eux une Terra incognita qu'ils imaginaient désertique, peuplée de lions et autres bêtes sauvages, d'anthropophages. Quel était le véritable aspect de ces pays, quels peuples y vivaient, quelles civilisations s'y étaient développées ? Ils n'en savaient rien. Pourtant dans l'antiquité le monde gréco-romain avait été en relations avec la Chine et l'Inde par les caravanes de marchands qui partaient des ports de la Méditerranée orientale pour aller échanger leurs marchandises contre la soie de Chine, les épices de l'Inde. Les armées d'Alexandre avaient pénétré au cœur de l'Asie et dans l'Inde. Plus tard, au Moyen âge, les marchands suivaient les mêmes routes que ceux des temps antiques. Mais les géographes continuaient d'ignorer cette source d'informations. Il fallut attendre le voyage de Marco Polo, marchand vénitien, au début du XIVe siècle et le récit qu'il fit de son séjour en Chine pour dissiper cette ignorance. Marco Polo déchirait les voiles qui entouraient le mystère de la Chine : il y montrait un empire à la civilisation avancée, des flottes de navires bariolés, des palais aux toits d'or au milieu de villes ceintes de murailles. D'ailleurs, avant le Vénitien, plusieurs voyageurs avaient pénétré en Asie et en connaissaient tous les secrets. M. A. t' Serstevens a dressé la liste de ces audacieux, à commencer par Cosmas Indicopleustès, marchand d'Alexandrie qui, au VIe siècle, s'était rendu dans l'Inde et à Ceylan. A. ťSerstevens a retenu les relations laissées par le musulman Soleyman qui, au IXe siècle, pénétra en Chine et dans l'Inde, et par un moine, Frère Guillaume de Rubruk, qui au XIIIe siècle visita les pays des Mongols et des Tartares. Il a judicieusement fait précéder le texte de ces deux récits par un tableau de l'Asie avant Marco Polo, tableau d'une remarquable érudition." (Revue des Deux Mondes, 1960) ‎