The Common-wealth of Utopia by Sir Thomas Moore 1639
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The Common-wealth of Utopia by Sir Thomas Moore 1639
$3,250.00 USD
The Common-wealth of Utopia by Sir Thomas Moore 1639
Authors: Sir Thomas Moore
Location: London and Boston
Publisher: Printed by B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, and are to be sold by Wil: Sheares
Date: 1639
Features: Engraved and printed Title pages. The smaller title page with the engraved portrait of the author was cut, mounted and inserted (see pics). Dedication to Cresacre More. Page 100 is numbered incorrectly as page 110. Several more pages misnumbered at rear: Pages 46 - 47 as 44 - 45, 53 as 25, 117 as 116, 128 as 138, 133 as 109, 136 as 112, 205 as 181, 262 as 226; pagination after 288, 279 - 298, 285 - 288, 303 - 305. 305pp. Decorative brown leather. Embossed spine panel and cover borders. Gilt lettering on black block and gilt ruling to spine. Head and tail bands. All edges red. "Bound by C. & D. Jones Carmarthen" binder's stamp to front pastedown. 3.5 x 5.5 inches approx. Sir Thomas More (1478–1535). Full Title: "The Common-wealth of Utopia: Containing a Learned and pleasant Discourse of the best state of a Publike Weale, as it is found in the Government of the new Ile called Utopia." From the collection of Barry R. Levin, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature.
Book Condition: Near Fine: Ex-Library. "Presbyterian Carmarthen College" inked stamp to title pages and first page. A few old inked notations to the second title page. A tight square rebound copy. A half-inch spot of dark offsetting to the first and last original sheets at gutter. Bright textblock, no foxing.
Notes: First published in Latin, 1516. First published in English, 1551.
HCX2640-1
Authors: Sir Thomas Moore
Location: London and Boston
Publisher: Printed by B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, and are to be sold by Wil: Sheares
Date: 1639
Features: Engraved and printed Title pages. The smaller title page with the engraved portrait of the author was cut, mounted and inserted (see pics). Dedication to Cresacre More. Page 100 is numbered incorrectly as page 110. Several more pages misnumbered at rear: Pages 46 - 47 as 44 - 45, 53 as 25, 117 as 116, 128 as 138, 133 as 109, 136 as 112, 205 as 181, 262 as 226; pagination after 288, 279 - 298, 285 - 288, 303 - 305. 305pp. Decorative brown leather. Embossed spine panel and cover borders. Gilt lettering on black block and gilt ruling to spine. Head and tail bands. All edges red. "Bound by C. & D. Jones Carmarthen" binder's stamp to front pastedown. 3.5 x 5.5 inches approx. Sir Thomas More (1478–1535). Full Title: "The Common-wealth of Utopia: Containing a Learned and pleasant Discourse of the best state of a Publike Weale, as it is found in the Government of the new Ile called Utopia." From the collection of Barry R. Levin, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature.
Book Condition: Near Fine: Ex-Library. "Presbyterian Carmarthen College" inked stamp to title pages and first page. A few old inked notations to the second title page. A tight square rebound copy. A half-inch spot of dark offsetting to the first and last original sheets at gutter. Bright textblock, no foxing.
Notes: First published in Latin, 1516. First published in English, 1551.
HCX2640-1