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MORE (THOMAS) The Common-wealth of Utopia, B. Alsop and T. Fawcet, sold by Wil. Sheares, 1639 image 1
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The Common-wealth of Utopia, B. Alsop and T. Fawcet, sold by Wil. Sheares, 1639

10 – 20 March 2025, 12:00 GMT
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The Common-wealth of Utopia, engraved frontispiece by William Marshall, title within woodcut border, previous ownership inscriptions on verso of frontispiece, frontispiece working loose, small loss to margin and rule border to last three leaves, light spotting, contemporary limp vellum, spine detached from text block, worn [ESTC S112890; Pforzheimer 741], 12mo, B. Alsop and T. Fawcet, sold by Wil. Sheares, 1639

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Utopia (from the Greek ou topos, meaning 'no place'), as it is more commonly named, is Thomas More's best-known work. The first edition, edited by Erasmus, was published in Leuven in 1516. It was then followed by a second edition in Paris the following year, which was embellished with supportive letters between leading humanists to whom Erasmus had sent copies of the manuscript.

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