UTOPIA ... translated into English by Raphe Robinson (1551), a new edition with copious notes ... by Thomas Dibdin.
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- early red grained morocco, spines and fore-edges extra gilt
- London: William Bulmer, Shakespeare Press, for William Miller, 1808
MORE (Thomas), Sir ... UTOPIA ... translated into English by Raphe Robinson (1551), a new edition with copious notes ... by Thomas Dibdin. London: William Bulmer, Shakespeare Press, for William Miller, 1808. Two volumes, portrait frontispiece + various head and tail pieces throughout the volume. 8vo, clxxx 141- [iv] 320pp; early red grained morocco, spines and fore-edges extra gilt. Corrections leaf bound behind 2nd title-page.
First edition of Dibdin's important version of More's Utopia, preceded only by his earlier Introduction to the Knowledge of Editions of the Classics (1802), which brought him under the notice of the second Earl Spencer, to whom he owed much assistance in his later bibliographical pursuits.
First edition of Dibdin's important version of More's Utopia, preceded only by his earlier Introduction to the Knowledge of Editions of the Classics (1802), which brought him under the notice of the second Earl Spencer, to whom he owed much assistance in his later bibliographical pursuits.
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Title
UTOPIA ... translated into English by Raphe Robinson (1551), a new edition with copious notes ... by Thomas Dibdin.
Author
MORE, Thomas, Sir
Binding
early red grained morocco, spines and fore-edges extra gilt
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
William Bulmer, Shakespeare Press, for William Miller: London
Date
1808
Edition
First edition