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Descrizione libro: Ioannem Frobenium, Basel, 1518. Incunabulum. Third edition of Utopia and first editions of the Epigrammata. Wide 12mo; vg/none; dark brown leather spine and boards, with gilt lettering, four raised bands; three manuscripts bound as one with sequential pagination; UTOPIA, pp. 1-167; EPIGRAMMATA [More], pp. 165-272; and EPIGRAMMATA [Erasmus], pp. 273-356; engraved title page and enlarged chapter capitals; each with separate engraved colophons; printer's errata, final pages of each unpaginated within the volume sequences; namely, UTOPIA, pp. 165-167, uncounted; sequence begins with title-page of next section; EPIGRAMMATA [More], colophon, pg. 172, unpaginated, but counted in sequence; EPIGRAMMATA [Erasmus], colophon, unpaginated; binding, professionally rebacked with original boards and endpapers; inserted tissue page of modern annotation [English], mended, ffep; shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; light toning starts, some foxing; old tideline from water stain at bottom corner of text near spine affecting pp. 336-end (but not affecting text); rare but occasional Elizabethan-period marginalia, UTOPIA, pp. 51 & 58, Latin marginalia, both of the period; EPIGRAMMATA [More], pp. 174-5, three editing notations in margins, Latin; else very good; ---TEXT IN LATIN WITH SOME GREEK. Case #4. Incunabulum. Third edition of Utopia and first editions of the Epigrammata. Codice libro della libreria 12-114-1188863

Descrizione libro: Basle, J. Froben,1520. FIRST EDITION thus. 4to. pp. 115 (i). Roman letter, some Greek. Fine white on black woodcut historiated initials (one eight line), superb woodcut title border by Hans Holbein the younger, "at head, boys playing, and at foot, the story of C. Mucius Scaevola and King Porsenna. On the right hand Mucius, a young Roman who had made his way into the Etruscan camp, is represented slaying the secretary of Porsenna in mistake for the king himself; on the left he is seen thrusting his hand itto the fire in order to show his indifference to the order that he should be burnt alive. In the background is Rome, during the siege of which by Porsenna the incidents are said to have occurred. [Livy ii 12]" (McKerrow and Ferguson 8, on the copy used in England.) Froben's large woodcut Asclepius device on verso of last, some contemporary marginalia, two contemporary ms. ownership inscriptions on verso of last, "Edmund Pulleyn. his book." and "codicis estis possesor nomine dritos", Chatsworth library bookplate on pastedown. Some light, mostly marginal, waterstaining, large light oil splash on two ll, verso of last browned and dusty, occasional marginal thumb mark. A very good, well margined, copy in English mottled calf c. 1800, covers bordered with double gilt rule, spine with raised bands, richly gilt in compartments, inner dentelles gilt, a.e.r. First separate, best and definitive edition of the Epigrams of St. Thomas More, beautifully printed by Froben with superb woodcut decoration by Hans Holbein the younger. More translated epigrams from the 'Greek Anthology' of Maximos Planudes into Ciceronian Latin which, after circulating in manuscript, were collected by Erasmus and twice printed by Froben in 1518 (with the third edition of More's Utopia and a different collection of epigrams of a more sober and religious nature by Erasmus). They were first published separately in 1520 in this edition which was substantially revised by More for its first independent appearance and presents quite a different text. Three of the epigrams which appeared in the 1518 printing are omitted and thirteen new ones added. This is the edition on which all subsequent editions were based. More's Epigrammata is divided in two parts; in the 'Progymnasmata', the first part, he vied with Lily for the aptest rendering of epigrams from the 'Greek Anthology' into Latin and in the 'Epigrammata' proper he composed his own epigrams. In the dedicatory letter to the German humanist Willibald Pirckheimer, Beatus Rhenanus (a well known editor of classical texts, an associate of Froben, and a friend of both Erassmus and Pirckheimer) writes glowingly about More and his epigrams praising his wit, language, style, learning and ability as both translator and composer. Little is known about when and why the poems were first written or how they first circulated though they seem to have been written over a period of as much as twenty years. In them More reworks material from many classical writers and weaves in biblical texts, adapts traditional jests, Aesopic fables, and translates two near contemporaneous English love lyrics. His topics are extremely diverse and his range much broader than his fellow humanists, though he eschews a favorite renaissance type, the erotic epigram. At one extreme he writes about foolish astrologers, prostitutes, cuckolds, a frenchified courtier; at the other there are reflections upon kingship, government, the brevity of life and death. In mood too the epigrams vary tremendously. There are jokes, slapstick comedy, scatology, satiric jabs, expressions of friendship, ironic reflections, lyric moments and epitaphs. More also enjoyed writing variations upon a theme as in his seven epigrams upon two beggars, one blind and one lame, who are each others support. There are a wide range of addressees including several to Henry VIII, humanist friends, his children, a fat priest, a woman More loved long ago, the Archbishops of York and Canterbury an. Codice libro della libreria 15956

Descrizione libro: Ashendene Press, Chelsea, 1906. Hardcover. 292 x 203 mm (11 1/2 x 8"). 161, [1] pp. ONE OF 100 COPIES on paper, of which 80 were for sale (and 20 on vellum, 15 for sale). Original linen-backed paper boards, edges untrimmed. Initials designed by Eric Gill. Printed in red and black in Subiaco type. Hornby 22; Tomkinson, p. 6. A little soiling to paper boards, slight bump to head of spine, but quite an excellent copy, and pristine internally. Calling it "a marvellous book," Franklin includes the "Utopia" in a group of five Ashendene productions of medium proportions (mostly small folio) "which in scope and skill have as much appeal as any Ashendene books." This is the first Ashendene with marginal notes in red, and the elegant initials, which constitute one of Eric Gill's earliest commissions, are also in red. One always hopes to find special press books like this one in immaculate internal condition, as here, but achieving this is more and more difficult now. ONE OF 100 COPIES on paper, of which 80 were for sale (and 20 on vellum, 15 for sale). Codice libro della libreria CAH1258

Descrizione libro: [London] Sold by Reeves & Turner, 1893. The Kelmscott Press "Utopia" [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. MORE, Sir Thomas. Utopia. Written by Sir Thomas More. [London: Sold by Reeves & Turner, 1893]. One of 300 copies on paper, out of a total edition of 308 copies. Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 9/16 inches; 206 x 142 mm). [2, blank], xiv, 282, [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. Printed in red and black in Chaucer and Troy types. Decorative woodcut borders and initials. "Now revised by F.S. Ellis & printed again by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith" (Colophon). With a Foreword by William Morris. Original full limp vellum with yapp edges. Spine lettered in gilt. All edges uncut. Back bottom tie renewed. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. An about fine copy. Aymer Vallance records an amusing anecdote (quoted in Peterson): "Of the 300 copies issued, 40 had been ordered in advance by an Eton master, with the intention of distributing them as prizes among the boys of the college, but when the work appeared with a compromisingly Socialistic introduction by Morris, the order, from motives of prudence, had to be canceled. However the copies were all disposed of before a year was out, so Morris did not suffer any loss." Clark Library, Kelmscott and Doves, p. 26. Peterson A16. Ransom, Private Presses, p. 326, no. 16. Tomkinson, p. 112, no. 16. HBS 65744. $6,500. Codice libro della libreria 65744

Descrizione libro: Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893, 1893. Octavo (205 × 140 mm). Printed in black and red. Original limp vellum, title to spine gilt, green silk ties. Housed in a green cloth slipcase. Bookplate of Mary Eason. An excellent copy. First Kelmscott edition, one of only 300 copies on paper. Peterson A16. Codice libro della libreria 79450

Descrizione libro: Ashendene Press, London, 1906. Hardcover. Condizione libro: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition of Thomas More's Utopia as issued by The Ashendene Press in Chelsea, London, in 1906. Quite rare, one of 100 copies printed in "Subiaco" type in red and black on Batchelor handmade paper. Decorative type chapter initials in red, designs by Eric Gill also printed in red. Later black leather binding with a gilt spine label. Binding with some light wear to corners, spine a little faded to a grayish-black, clean internally. Modern binding. Please inquire, photographs will be provided via email. Please confirm availability and postage costs prior to ordering. We hope you will find the book you are looking for. We are here to help and look forward to hearing from you. Codice libro della libreria ABE-1352443023

Descrizione libro: London, typis I[ohn]. H[aviland] ., apud Humphredum Mosley, 1638. 16mo. pp. [iv], 182, [ii] lacking last two blanks. Roman letter, some Italic. Title within typographical border, fine additional engraved architectural title page with portrait of More within oval above, with figures of Prudence and Eloquence to sides, signed 'W. Marshall sculpsit', small woodcut initials, typogrphical head-pieces and ornaments, Imprimatur on verso of title page and on leaf M6 verso, 'April. 12. 1638. Imprimatur. Th. Wykes.', leather bookplate of Vernon Watney on pastedown. Light age yellowing, upper margin cut a little close, fractionally trimming a few headlines. A very good copy, crisp and clean, in English straight grained morocco c.1800, covers gilt ruled in a panel design, flat spine gilt ruled and gilt lettered, extremities slightly rubbed. a.e.g. Second separate edition of the Epigrams of St. Thomas More, the first to be printed in England, and one of the rare editions of any works of More to be printed in England after his death. More translated epigrams from the 'Greek Anthology' of Maximos Planudes into Ciceronian Latin which, after circulating in manuscript, were collected by Erasmus and twice printed by Froben in 1518. They were first published separately in 1520 in an edition which was substantially revised by More for its first independent appearance and presents quite a different text. Three of the epigrams which appeared in the 1518 printing were omitted and thirteen new ones added. Remarkably this is the only separate printing of these epigrams since that edition of 1520, and even more remarkably it was published in England where St. Thomas More status as a Catholic Martyr would normally have precluded publication; it is the only edition of the Epigrammata listed in STC. More's Epigrammata is divided in two parts; in the 'Progymnasmata', here placed at the end, he vied with Lily for the aptest rendering of epigrams from the 'Greek Anthology' into Latin and in the 'Epigrammata' proper he composed his own epigrams. Little is known about when and why the poems were first written or how they first circulated though they seem to have been written over a period of as much as twenty years. In them More reworks material from many classical writers and weaves in biblical texts, adapts traditional jests, Aesopic fables, and translates two near contemporaneous English love lyrics. His topics are extremely diverse and his range much broader than his fellow humanists, though he eschews a favorite renaissance type, the erotic epigram. At one extreme he writes about foolish astrologers, prostitutes, cuckolds, a frenchified courtier; at the other there are reflections upon kingship, government, the brevity of life and death. In mood too the epigrams vary tremendously. There are jokes, slapstick comedy, scatology, satiric jabs, expressions of friendship, ironic reflections, lyric moments and epitaphs. More also enjoyed writing variations upon a theme as in his seven epigrams upon two beggars, one blind and one lame, who are each others support. There are a wide range of addressees including several to Henry VIII, humanist friends, his children, a fat priest, a woman More loved long ago, the Archbishops of York and Canterbury and in some instances himself, along with dramatic dialogues and monologues. The epigram on Wolsey is remarkable as a dedicatory epigram by proxy, begging the Cardinal's acceptance of Erasmus' New Testament of 1516. "(it is the) vivid interest in life in all its aspects that makes More's Epigrammata incomparably the best book of Latin epigrams in the sixteenth century" Leicester Bradner. STC. 18086. ESTC, S112885. Gibson 58.L1188. Codice libro della libreria 16125

Descrizione libro: M.S. Rickerby, Sherbourn Lane, London, 1852. Hardcover. Condizione libro: Good. First Edition. 4 1/2 X 6 7/8. FIRST EDITION THUS, 1852, Printed by M.S. Rickerby, Sherbourn Lane, London. (De optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia). STATES 1852 ON THE TITLE PAGE. NOT A REPRINT EDITION. NOT AN EXLIB ITEM. QUITE RARE. GOOD CONDITION. Outer layer is missing on 3/4 of the spine. Age of volume is verified by date on newspaper used construct the spine, which dates to the 1840's. Front hinge has been neatly reinforced with cloth binding tape. Cocoa brown faux ostrich leather cover with dark brown spine and outside corners. A solid, servicable copy. Has light pencil underlining in places. 271 pages. Pages remain bright. Quite light foxing of endpapers. Does not extend into text block. At page 270 following text is a poem entitled "Magnalia Naturae Praecipue Quoad Usus Humanos." The Poem itself is written in English. Will ship from United States. NO. Philosophy. Codice libro della libreria 006234

Descrizione libro: R & J Dodsley, 1759. Full leather. Condizione libro: Very Good. First Edition. A decent copy of this work. The unsigned full leather binding is old, but probably not contemporary (certainly the end papers seem newer). Rubbing to the spine edge, and the front board is becoming somewhat loose (although holding on). There is a touch of chipping to the top edge of the spine. The spine label is rubbed and not really legible. There is rubbing and bumping to the rest of the boards. Internally clean and tidy, with a little darkening to the page edges throughout. This copy of this very scarce work belonged to Colonel j. E. F. Willoughby O. B. E. Of the Middlesex Regiment, and has his name in pencil to the ffep. The following blank has a contemporary amorial nameplate and signature. Although clean and tidy, there are a few very small, and unobtrusive contemporary marginalia. Plate one is complete and clean, but with a closed tear. There is also a closed tear to plate 2. Plate 3-5 are undamaged. Collation: [2]. Viii, 253, [1], 202, [2]pp. 5 folding plates / maps. Conform. A scarce book in decent condition. ~ Real Books ~ Real Bookseller ~ Members of the PBFA. All overseas books are sent out airmail. Codice libro della libreria 121307

Descrizione libro: London: William Bulmer, at the Shakespeare Press, for William Miller, 1808, 1808. Quarto (245 × 190 mm). Recently rebound to style in red half calf, spine gilt in compartments, burgundy morocco label, blue endpapers, red and gold silk floral-patterned sides. Tiny ownership blind stamp to title page, typewritten catalogue slip tipped-in to front free endpaper. Spotting to frontispiece and title page, occasional light spotting to contents. An excellent copy, handsomely bound. Portrait frontispiece, engraved title page. First Dibdin edition. Editor Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776–1847) was a lawyer and then deacon with a passion for books and antiquities. In 1802 he published his first bibliographical volume, An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics. It was well-received and brought him to the attention of George John, second Earl Spencer, a serious book collector who became his patron. Dibdin catalogued the Earl's library, and "Seymour De Ricci commented that it was 'the handsomest and most elaborate catalogue of a private library yet issued' (De Ricci, 75). Its principal value lay in Dibdin's careful establishment of the principle of first-hand examination of books, an important advance in the study of bibliography" (ODNB). Dibdin published an additional 46 books, many on bibliography and collecting, founded the Roxburghe Club, and popularised the term bibliomania. "His main contributions seem to have been his zealous enthusiasm in promoting book collecting generally among the aristocracy, as well as putting forth the principle of first-hand examination of books in the compilation of bibliographies" (ODNB). This copy of his edition of More's Utopia is particularly handsomely bound. Codice libro della libreria 81488

Descrizione libro: Hanover: Printed by Hans Jacob Hennë for Peter Kopf, 1613. woodcut printer’s device on title, title-page slightly soiled, occasional minor browning, pp. 299, 12mo, contemporary ?English calf, double blind ruled borders on sides, blind ruled compartments on spine, spine slightly rubbed, lacking paste-downs, good An unassuming, pleasant, relatively early edition of More’s great work. This was the first Hanover edition, another appearing in 1619 by a different printer. The Gibson number indicates that this is the ninth separate edition of the Latin text. (Gibson 9). Codice libro della libreria 49343

Descrizione libro: London by William Bulmer, at the Shakespeare Press, for William Miller 1808, 1808. The Important First Dibdin edition, and the Large Paper printing, with excellent margins. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and titlepage, one engraved plate and several woodcuts in the text. 8vo, in the publisher's highly unusual and attractive binding of original half reverse calf over soft calf covered boards, spine with simple raised bands ruled in black and with black lettering in one compartment, board edge with elaborate rolled tooling in black, page edges marbled. SCARCE IN THIS BINDING. clxxx, 464, [1]. Includes bibliography, index, errata pp. An extremely sturdy copy, the book strong and tight though with some evidence of the effects of damp at some point in time. Pages are clean, though some within the prelims or intro show slight evidence of damp at the edges only. A good solid and decent copy of this important book. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS IN THE HISTORY OF HUMAN THOUGHT. SCARCE FIRST DIBDIN EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, IN THE PUBLISHER'S PREFERRED BINDING. More’s great and classic work. This handsomely produced edition of the definitive translation includes a biography of More and his family, and discussions of his works, portraits of him, and many other scholarly pieces of Utopian study. A very early work by Dibdin, who gained renown for his "An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics," and whose fame would grow with the subsequent publication of such bibliographical odysseys as "The Bibliographical Decameron," "A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany," "Typographical Antiquities: or, the History of Printing in England," and others. Codice libro della libreria 15085

Descrizione libro: London: Printed by William Bulmer, at the Shakespeare Press, for William Miller, Bookseller, 1808., 1808. Two parts in one, quarto. 9" x 7 1/8." VIII, clxxx, 464, [1, errata] pp. VIII, clxxx, 464, [1, errata] pp. Contemporary paneled calf, rebacked to style. Spine stamped in blind with gilt green morocco label. All edges gilt. Corners worn, title-page, frontispiece, and following page lightly browned, occasional light foxing. A very good copy. Large Paper edition of this well edited edition of Utopia, limited to 250 copies. The regular edition was in two octavo volumes. The portrait of the More family only occurs in the Large Paper edition. Codice libro della libreria 15667

Descrizione libro: Printed for Richard Chiswell and to be sold by Georgeg Powelle, London, 1685. Condizione libro: VG+. Second Edition Thus. Uncommon second edition of the Gilbert Burnet translation, first printed in 1684. 12 mo, rebound early 20thC (binder stamp of "M. McDonald Binder - NY") in black half leather over marbleized boards with matching endpapers, edges died yellow. Binding moderatly worn. Leaves remarkably unfoxed, very nicely preserved. Codice libro della libreria 009996

Descrizione libro: Detroit, MI: The Cranbrook Press, 1902., 1902. 71,[1]pp. Quarto. Publisher's three-quarter vellum and boards, gilt label, untrimmed. Fine in plain wrapper, and somewhat nicked and battered board folding box, with manuscript caption. From an edition consisting of 210 copies, this is an unnumbered copy. Designed and printed by hand on Cranbrook handmade paper by George Booth, with the assistance of Cecil Billington. Booth, editor of the Detroit EVENING NEWS, founded the Cranbrook Press in 1900, and through 1902 Ransom records ten imprints. His first type choice was based on Morris's casting of Jenson, and he commissioned handmade paper with the Press' watermark. His statement of purpose in SOMETHING ABOUT THE CRANBROOK PRESS, published earlier the same year, emphasized his quest for perfection and desire to emulate Caxton and Morris. This copy bears a 1975 gift inscription from the printer's son, in memory of his father and mother. Codice libro della libreria WRCLIT 65518

Descrizione libro: Cranbrook Press, Detroit, MI, 1902. Hardcover. First Edition. Books about books; fine printing; 72 pages; 28.3cm; 3/4 vellum binding; most pages uncut; plain brown paper dust wrapper torn; translator Gilbert Burnet 1643-1715; 1 of 210; reprint of 1726 edition. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis; box cracked, 1 edge, ties lacking. Codice libro della libreria 2145baZ3

Descrizione libro: Penguin Classics. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. Condizione libro: New. 0140441654 EXPEDITED & INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AVAILABLE!!! Thousands of transactions, 100% money back guarantee,Choose expedited shipping for faster delivery, Will ship immediately. Codice libro della libreria 27D00004

Descrizione libro: Van Nostrand Company. Hardcover. Condizione libro: New. B0007DF4C4 1947 Walter Black Classics Club hardcover; gold letters and design on light brown, red and black cover; gh. Codice libro della libreria SKU1075016

Descrizione libro: Francofurti ad Moenum et Lipsiae sumtibus Christiani Genschii Anno, 1689. Two works in one volume (the More bound second), folio, pp. [viii], 80, 351, pagination including full-page engraved portrait of More; [xxxiv], 283, pagination including five full-page engraved portraits of James and other princes; with an edition of Magna Carta (same publisher, same year, pp. 24), bound at end; rather foxed in places, portrait of James I partly detached; else a sound copy in 18th century half vellum, spine scuffed. A sound edition of More’s works, based on the two principal 16th-century editions of 1563 and 1566 and including both Utopia and the life of Richard III, bound with the works of King James I.Gibson, More, 77. Codice libro della libreria 8174

Descrizione libro: Leiden: Pierre van der Aa, 1715., 1715. The lengthy introduction includes an account of More's life, the original preface by the author, and a letter to More from the humanist Jerome Busleiden. Twelvemo. [cxlvi], 372 + 48 pp. publisher's catalogue. Engraved frontispiece and sixteen fine engraved plates, one engraved headband. Title printed in red and black. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine with burgundy morocco spine label, edges stained red. Joints starting to crack near foot of spine, preliminary and terminal leaf lightly browned. Otherwise a very good copy. With the engraved armorial bookplate of Jean-Pierre de Bougainville (1722-1769), who was secretary of the AcadŽmie Franaise from 1749, and who was associated with many of their publications. His library was auctioned in a ten-day sale in August, 1769. First edition of this translation, the third into French (Others had appeared in 1550 and 1643), of More's major work. It contains all the plates; that at K2, depicting "a man and a woman in state of nature approving each other before marriage" (Gibson) is often removed. In our copy, the couple's nakedness has instead been obscured with smears of ink. Gibson 22a. See Copleston, History of Philosophy, III, 320ff. Codice libro della libreria 13132

Descrizione libro: Excudebat M. Flesher & R. Young, prostant apud Cornelium Bee, 1642. Hardcover. Condizione libro: Used: Acceptable. Full vellum leather binding. Tall Folio. Good binding. Cover is good shape, with some soiling. Very thick. Portrait. [36] p., 2146 p. + [13], 967 + 116 p., [35] p. Minor damp stains, mostly along bottom margin. Internally general good besides. Printed in double columns, with each column numbered consecutively. Red and black title pages. Chip missing and tear on title page. Vander Haeghen, p.101. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US. Codice libro della libreria 1303070176

Descrizione libro: Sumtibus Christiani Genschii (Christian Genschius/Gensch), Francofurti ad Moenum et Lipsiae (Frankfurt und Leipzig) 1689., 1689. Condizione libro: Gut. (30)/283 with 5 full-page engraved portraits, 24, 80/351 pp. and 1 engraved portrait (Thomas More). Sprache: la Gewicht in Gramm: 1800 Folio, contemporary leather binding with gilt stamped title on spine and 5 raised bands, binding rubbed and bumped, a very few pages slightly browned and stained, stamp on preliminary page, otherwise inside fine and clean, (Text in lateinischer Sprache / Text in Latin), Codice libro della libreria 12316

Descrizione libro: apud Barbou, via Mathurinensium, Londini, & venit Parisiis, 1777. 2 parties en 1 vol. in-12 de XXVIII-204 ; XVI-169 pp., vélin ivoire, titre doré sur le dos, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque). Réunion de deux textes majeurs L'Utopie de Thomas More et L'Eloge de la Folie d'Erasme dans une jolie édition établie et imprimée par Barbou. Frontispice de Gravelot gravé par de Longueil : La Pazzia Regina del Mondo. Bel exemplaire. Brunet II, 1037. Codice libro della libreria 1519

Descrizione libro: Hartford Printed by George Goodwin & Sons, 1822. Hard Cover. No Jacket. HB NODJ ISSUED, 2 Volumes , 1822, 1st Edition ? , Interior Nice, tight Clean some Fox , Wear & light wrinkling crease some pgs, Brown Leather with rEd Label on spine with Gold Gilt decoration, Covers Scuffing along spine Edges, NF+/NF+, AS-IS, NO DJ, Possible water stains or Dampness on some pages , Cover some Light rub, wear Scuff & , Tiny Chips extRemItiEs Cover Spine, Advertisement front book, Appendix in Back. Codice libro della libreria 1131

Descrizione libro: Jean Blaue, Amsterdam, 1643., 1643. Hardcover. Condizione libro: Good. No Jacket. Engaved title page, (xii), 210pp. 12mo, approx. 9.5 x 16 cm. Original mottled calf with raised spine bands forming six gilt-decorated compartments. Marbled endpapers and dyed page edges. Condition: A bit rubbed, and worn at corners and at spine band edges adjacent the joints. Top rear joint has a 2 cm. split; front joint is split along its length, with the cords remaining very sound. Most of the bottom spine compartment has perished. Internally, a modern previous owner's name appears on the initial blank leaf. The title page shows some very mild hand-soiling at its lower fore-edge and bottom margins, and a pale stain appears progressively along a maximum of one-fourth the top margin of the rear leaves, just entering the pagination in a few cases, but remaining free of the text, which is very clean and bright. The second appearance in French of More's classic, translated by Sorbière from the original Latin. Now very scarce. Codice libro della libreria 14576

Descrizione libro: Glasgow, 1743. Leather. Condizione libro: Good/No Jacket. Octavo, 139pp., Leather binding has some scuffs. Gilt lettered spine label has a chip. Folding frontispiece illustration of Thomas More. Translated from the Latin by Gilbert Burnet D.D. The translator Gilbert Burnet (1643 – 1715) was an erudite Scottish theologian eventually becoming Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek,and Hebrew and respected as a preacher and academic, as well as a writer and historian. This celebrated and influential work was first translated into English in 1556 by Ralph Robinson and Burnet points out in his Preface that he himself tries to give a more accurate and complete version than the earlier one. Burnet suspected that Robinson's translation was actually the work of More himself which would account for its freedom and deviations from the original Latin text. Codice libro della libreria 024274

Descrizione libro: London & Paris: apud Barbou, 1777. Rilegato. Condizione libro: ottimo. 16mo (mm.152 x 84). Original Barbou binding of polished flame style calf, gilt extra on spine and boards, all edges gilt, finely marbled end leaves, (1), half-title: Desiderii Erasmi & Thomae Mori Joco-seria id est Stultitiae Laudatio & Utopia Insula with previous owner library stamp, fine engraved frontispiece by Gravelot: "La Pazzia Regina del Mondo", title-page with Printer's mark, xvi, 169 numerated pages, Stultitiae index on last 3 pages, Utopia title-page, xxviii, 204 numerated pages, Utopia index and restituenda addenda on last two leaves. Contents amazingly clean and fresh, binding sturdy and tight. Two of the greatest classics of the Renaissance in the original Latin. FINE. Text: Latin. Codice libro della libreria 495

Descrizione libro: 1715. Couverture rigide. Condizione libro: Bon. Condizione sovraccoperta: Bon. Livre ancien 1 gravure en frontispice, 73 feuillets (titre, épitre, préface et table), 372p, 48p ("catalogus librorum" et "catalogue de cartes géographiques" et "de villes") - HRL -. Édition hollandaise publiée par les soins de Van der AA de la plus célèbre des utopies. Illustrée d'une suite de gravures sur cuivre hors texte., l'ouvrage, nouvellement traduit par M. de Gueudeville, est précédé d'une importante épitre dédicatoire au directeur de la compagnie des Indes orientales, le Seigneur Jaques Emmeri, d'une préface du traducteur, d'une vie de Thomas More, d'une préface de l'auteur, et d'une suite de lettres de MM. Erasme, Budée, Buslidius, Pierre Gilles, Paludan, Gérard Nivernois. Condition : In-12, en pleine basane, dos à 5 nerfs orné de fleurons, pièce de titre en maroquin blond, coiffe supérieur abimée avec manque, tranches mouchetées. -. Livre ancien. Codice libro della libreria 1489

Descrizione libro: Detroit, 1902., 1902. 8 1/2 x 11. 72 pages. Half vellum over boards, spine label chipped. Light wear, some protruding deckles tanned, near fine. The last Cranbrook book. One 210 copies, printed on handmade paper. This English translation is by Gilbert Burnet. Emulating not only the Kelmscott Press but also Morris' philosophy, Booth was a patron and spokesman for the American Arts & Crafts movement. For Cranbrook House, he commissioned tapestries, wood carvings, furniture, metalwork, glass work, & fine bindings. To the estate, he added schools, museums, gardens, a church designed by Goodhue, and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Codice libro della libreria 16453