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[Utopia:] De optimo reip. statu, deque nova insula Utopia, libellus vere aureus. -Epigrammata. – Desiderius ERASMUS. Epigrammata. Basel: Johann Froben, November-December 1518.
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MORE, Thomas (1478-1535)
[Utopia:] De optimo reip. statu, deque nova insula Utopia, libellus vere aureus. -Epigrammata. – Desiderius ERASMUS. Epigrammata. Basel: Johann Froben, November-December 1518.
Fourth edition of Utopia, second edition of More’s Epigrams. It is a page-by-page reprint of Froben's edition published in March of the same year, which incorporated new revisions by the author and to which Erasmus’s Epigrammata was also joined; it established the text for all subsequent editions. Erasmus was responsible for arranging publication of the two Basel editions by 'his' printer, Johann Froben. The fourth edition was further revised and augmented, presumably overseen by More. Adams M-1757; Gibson 4; Davies, Murray German, 304; Hollstein XIV, p.20.
3 parts in one volume, quarto (201 x 147mm). Roman and Greek types, Utopian alphabet. Woodcut architectural title border by Hans Holbein, repeated on c1, border to pt. 2 by Urs Graf and pt 3 by H. Holbein, full-page woodcut map of Utopia and half-page woodcut scene depicting John Clement, Thomas More, Raphael Hythlodaye and Pieter Gillis by Ambrosius Holbein, one of three printer's devices at the end of each part, woodcut historiated initials by Graf and A. and H. Holbein (title a little soiled with minor repairs, faint smudge on A3, negligible stain at gutter in quire E). Early calf, later gilt tooling (rebacked). Provenance: William Absalom (early title inscription) – a few other annotations.
[Utopia:] De optimo reip. statu, deque nova insula Utopia, libellus vere aureus. -Epigrammata. – Desiderius ERASMUS. Epigrammata. Basel: Johann Froben, November-December 1518.
Fourth edition of Utopia, second edition of More’s Epigrams. It is a page-by-page reprint of Froben's edition published in March of the same year, which incorporated new revisions by the author and to which Erasmus’s Epigrammata was also joined; it established the text for all subsequent editions. Erasmus was responsible for arranging publication of the two Basel editions by 'his' printer, Johann Froben. The fourth edition was further revised and augmented, presumably overseen by More. Adams M-1757; Gibson 4; Davies, Murray German, 304; Hollstein XIV, p.20.
3 parts in one volume, quarto (201 x 147mm). Roman and Greek types, Utopian alphabet. Woodcut architectural title border by Hans Holbein, repeated on c1, border to pt. 2 by Urs Graf and pt 3 by H. Holbein, full-page woodcut map of Utopia and half-page woodcut scene depicting John Clement, Thomas More, Raphael Hythlodaye and Pieter Gillis by Ambrosius Holbein, one of three printer's devices at the end of each part, woodcut historiated initials by Graf and A. and H. Holbein (title a little soiled with minor repairs, faint smudge on A3, negligible stain at gutter in quire E). Early calf, later gilt tooling (rebacked). Provenance: William Absalom (early title inscription) – a few other annotations.
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