Description:
More, Thomas (1478-1535) Utopia, Two Editions: 1808 and 1903. More's Utopia, extra-illustrated, London: Bulmer, 1808, edited by Thomas Frognall Dibdin; large quarto, with additional prints added, along with a letter in Dibdin's hand, and other material, bound in full light brown morocco by Matthews, ffep detached, joints rubbed, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. [and] More's Utopia, London: Chiswick Press, Charles Whittingham & Co. for the Scott-Thaw Co. of New York, 1903; folio, printed in red and black throughout, in publisher's cloth binding, two extra paper labels bound in at the back, uncut, 13 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (2)
Estimate $200-300
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