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  • Arnold Birckmanns Erben, printer

    • Title

  • [Title page of] De optimo reipu. statu, deque nova insula Utopia, libellus verè aureus, nec minus salutaris quàm festivus

  • Physical Description

    1 online resource (1 title page) : color

  • Date

    1548

  • Notes

    Title page of: De optimo reipu. statu, deque nova insula Utopia, libellus verè aureus, nec minus salutaris quàm festivus /clarissimi disertissimique viri Thomae Mori inclytae civitatis Londinensis civis & Vicecomitis. Translation of: Utopia. Louanii [Louvain (Belgium)] : Excudebat Seruatius Sassenus impensis viduæ Arnoldi Birkmanni, Anno salutis 1548, mense Iunio.

  • Summary

    Rare edition of the Utopia , printed at Louvian, where the first edition of this work was published in 1516. More's ideal state denounces the vices of power and religious creeds and its name passed into the language of thought and ideals.

  • Depicted

    More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535, Utopia

  • Subject

    Utopias, Early works to 1800

  • Medium

    Title pages

  • Part Of

    Rare Book Collection of Frank L. Herz

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[Title page of] De optimo reipu. statu, deque nova insula Utopia, libellus verè aureus, nec minus salutaris quàm festivus, Leo Baeck Institute, r 450 Herz R 21 Online [Title page].