ArtDaily: 500-year-old rare book paints a vivid portrait of life in the 12th Century. January 29, 2017 by Garret Vreeland in Books, Arts, History It went through several print runs in reasonably rapid succession. People were very keen to read this– most people knew of Marco Polo’s chronicle, but this was written much earlier and is, in many cases, more accurate. Oh, scan it and get it on the 'net! This I've gotta read.