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De optimo reip. statu, degne nova insula Utopia, libellus vere aureus / Epigrammata clarissimi disertissimiq[ue] viri Thomae Mori ... ; Epigrammata, Des. Erasmi Roterodami.

Accession number
PML 19444
Creator
More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535.
Published
Basileae : Apud Ioannem Frobenium, Novembri. M. D. XVIII. [November 1518] ; Decembri An. M. D. XVIII. [December 1518].
Notes
Utopia, 4th ed.
Three in one volume with separate titles, but continuous pagination.
Title page borders signed by Hans Holbein and Urs Graf.
Map of Utopia (leaf b2v) attributed to Ambosius Holbein.
Description
[2], 355[=359], [1] pages : illus. (woodcuts) ; 22 x 16 cm (4to)
Inscriptions/Markings
Marginal notations and underlinings in two hands in text of Utopia. Small, four-petal flower used instead of manicule to mark places of interest.
Provenance
Pa. Thompson, signature (leaf a1r); inscription (inferred) cut away (leaf a1r); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Binding
Modern quarter red morocco with red cloth sides. Offset manuscript from previous binding visible on leaf a1r.
Classification
Department