The City of Light

d'Ancona, Jacob (Translated & Edited By Selbourne, David

ISBN 10: 0316639680 / ISBN 13: 9780316639682

Published by Little, Brown and Company (UK), London UK, 1997

About this Item

392 + vi pages, just under A4 size, many B&W illustrations. This book describes the voyage to the Chinese coastal metrolpolis of Zaitun (the "City of Light" of the title) between 1270-73 by a Jewish-Italian merchant called Jacob d'Ancona, a few years before Marco Polo famous arrival at Xanadu. The book is Jacob s'Ancona's account of his own voyage - the original manuscript had been hidden from public view for over 700 years. Very clean dustjacket, hardback binding and pages.

Seller Inventory # 000037

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The City of Light
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (UK), London UK
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316639680
• ISBN 13: 9780316639682
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Well-illustrated
• Edition: First Published in This Form in Britain
• Condition: Very Good ++
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good +/++

About this title

Synopsis

The City Of Light

About the Author

David Selbourne is a distinguished academic who held a British Commonwealth Fellowship at the University of Chicago and has taught at Ruskin College, Oxford. He is the author of a distinguished work of political philosophy, The Principle of Duty. He lives in Urbino in the Marche region of Italy.