Utopia /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hammersmith :
Kelmscott Press,
1893.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 282 pages ; 22 cm. |