utopia second revised edition 1556 de sir thomas robinson ralph arber (1 résultats)

Half-Leather. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1869 1st thus edition. 168pp. Fair/None. Half blue leather on blue cloth boards, with some rubbing/bumping to edges, spine, some worn patches, some splitting to spine edges, a little scuffing, very minor soiling. Contents generally clean and tight but for very minor browning/soiling, a little cocked. Owner's name to ffep. English reprint of More's socio-political satire, originally published in Latin in 1516. It depicts the society on the fictional island of Utopia, with details of its religious, social and political customs. This is the 1st edition of the English Reprints edition. Between 1868 and 1871, Edward Arber edited a 30 volume series of significant early books and manuscripts, published by A Murray under the English Reprints name.