Thomae Mori, Angliae ornamenti eximii, Lvcubrationes, ab innumeris mendis repurgatae. : Vtopiae Libri II. Progymnasmata. Epigrammata. Ex Lvciano conuersa quaedam. Declamatio Lucianicae respondens. Epistolae. Quibus additae sunt duae aliorum Epistolae, de uita, moribus & morte Mori, adiuncto rerum notabilium indice.
Among the letters published here for the first time is the famous one to Martin Dorpius in which More defends Erasmus' translation of the New Testament from the Greek, rather than the accepted Latin, thus clearly siding with the enlightened "new learning". It also contains a letter fr...
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| Language: | Latin |
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Apud Episcopium F.,
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| Summary: | Among the letters published here for the first time is the famous one to Martin Dorpius in which More defends Erasmus' translation of the New Testament from the Greek, rather than the accepted Latin, thus clearly siding with the enlightened "new learning". It also contains a letter from Erasmus to Hutten which contains details of More's physical appearance. "Utopia" begins with More's encounter with Raphael Hythloday (whose name means 'teller of tall tales'), a traveller who has just returned from voyages with Amerigo Vespucci. Hythloday tells More of a distant island called Utopia, where all property is held in common ownership, where six hours a day are devoted to work and the rest to recreation, where gold and silver are used not as currency but as the material for making shackles and chamber pots, and slaves (criminals and prisoners of war) are treated fairly. In its geography and topography, the island bears a striking resemblance to England. |
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| Item Description: | Signatures: [alpha]-[beta]⁸, a-z⁸, A-N⁸. First edition of collected Latin works. Includes some text in Greek. Woodcuts: textual illustrations (including map of "Utopia"), ornamental initials, printer's devices on title-page and on final page. "Vita" (letter of Erasmus) and "De morte" Thomae Mori (pages 497-530). Includes index (45 unnumbered pages at end). The Cushing Librar/Scieince Fiction and Fantasy colllection copy was purchased by the Cushing Library. |
| Physical Description: | 32 unnumbered pages, 530 pages, 46 unnumbered pages : illustrations, map ; 16 cm (octavo) |
| Place of Publication: | Switzerland -- Basel. |