Utopia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535
Corporate Authors: Kelmscott Press, Doves Bindery
Other Authors: Robinson, Ralph, 1521- (Translator), Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press, 1893.
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Description
Item Description:Reprint of the edition of 1556 with a foreword by Morris.
Original title: A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of publique weale, & of the newe yle, called Utopia: written in Latine, by ... Syr Thomas More knyght, and translated into Englishe by Ralphe Robynson ... Imprinted at London, by Abraham Weale [i.e. Vele] ...
"Now revised by F.S. Ellis & printed again by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex. Finished the 4th day of August, 1893. Sold by Reeves & Turner, 196, Strand"--Colophon.
Chaucer type, with the reprinted title in Troy type; headings and marginal notes in red.
Translated by Ralph Robinson.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books Collection copy is 1 of 300 paper copies.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books Collection copy contains an index card that explains the provenance of the piece.
Physical Description:xiv, 282 pages ; 22 cm.