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Title

  • Utopia

Names

  • More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535.
  • Robinson, Ralph, 1521-, translator.
  • Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, editor.
  • Morris, William, 1834-1896, printer.
  • Bishop, Cortlandt F. (Cortlandt Field), 1870-1935, former owner.
  • Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
  • Kelmscott Press.
  • William Morris and Kelmscott Press Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [London] : New revised by F.S. Ellis & printed again by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, in the country of Middlesex, Finished the 4th day of August, 1893.

Headings

  • -  Utopias

Notes

  • -  Reprint of the edition of 1556 with a foreword by William Morris.
  • -  Original title: A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke, of the beste state of a publique weale, & of the newe yle, called Utopia: written in Latine, by Syr Thomas More knyght, and translated into Englishe by Raphe Robynson. Imprinted at London, by Abraham Wele.
  • -  Imprint from colophon.
  • -  Chaucer type, with the reprinted title in Troy type; headings and marginal notes in red. Initials and borders (pages1 and 3).
  • -  300 copies on paper, 8 on vellum.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2016
  • -  Morris, Wiliam and S.C. Cockerell, Kelmscott Press, 1898, 16
  • -  LC copy: bound in original limp vellum.
  • -  LAC snh 2019-07-25 update (2 card)
  • -  LAC rwp 2019-07-31 review
  • -  LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2019-08-05
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-26 update (1 card)

Medium

  • xiv, 282 p., 1 l. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HX811 1516 .E893
  • HX811 1516 .E893 Copy 2 Rosenwald collection item 2016, 1st copy. Printed on vellum. Original Bookplate of S. C. Cockerell.
  • HX811 1516 .E893 Copy 3 Rosenwald collection item 2016, 2nd copy. Original binding. Bookplate of Cortlandt F. Bishop.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 11002343

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

More, Thomas, Saint, William Morris, Cortlandt F Bishop, Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Kelmscott Press, William Morris And Kelmscott Press Collection, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Utopia. editeds by Ellis, Frerick Startridge, translateds by Robinson, Ralph [London: New revised by F.S. Ellis & printed again by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, in the country of Middlesex, Finished the 4th day of August, 1893] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/11002343/.

APA citation style:

More, T., Morris, W., Bishop, C. F., Cockerell, S. C., Kelmscott Press, William Morris And Kelmscott Press Collection & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Ellis, F. S., ed. (1893) Utopia. Robinson, R., trans [London: New revised by F.S. Ellis & printed again by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, in the country of Middlesex, Finished the 4th day of August] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/11002343/.

MLA citation style:

More, Thomas, Saint, et al. Utopia. ed by Ellis, Frerick Startridge, trans by Robinson, Ralph [London: New revised by F.S. Ellis & printed again by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, in the country of Middlesex, Finished the 4th day of August, 1893] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/11002343/>.