[MORE, THOMAS (1478-1535)]. [Utopia] Illustris viri Thomae Mori Regni Britanniarum Cancellarii, De optimo reipvblicae statv, deqve nova insula Vtopia, libri dvo: Scriptum vere aureum, nec minus salutare, quam festivum, quod ex Erasmi Roterodami, Guilielmi Budaei, aliorumque magnorum virorum commendationibus, quae Epistolis praefixis continentur, liquidum dubitantibus evadet. Hanoviae: Typis Joannis Jacobi Hennëi, sumptibus Petri Kopffij, MDCXIII. [1613].
Leather-bound; small octavo; pp. 299; Latin text; bound in contemporary limp vellum; "Mori Vtopia" in contemporary hand to spine; initial and terminal blanks present; title-page with woodcut printer's device; head- and tail-pieces. Condition: GOOD. Collated complete. 19th century note to front fly leaf. Light marginal foxing. Page 169/170 with small paper loss to front edge, small text loss. Else an attractive copy of the 1613-edition of Utopia in the original Latin and binding. Scarce. Ref.: Center for Thomas More Studies; Utopia Editions, Concordances, and Bibliographies: Editions of Utopia: U15; [Gibson 9 + Smith 1981:22 + 1988:139; Shaaber M240; Cave p.282. Based on Nov. 1518.].
