More (Sir Thomas) Utopia, translated by Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, with initial & final blanks, for Richard Chiswell, 1684.
More (Sir Thomas) Utopia, translated by Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, with initial & final blanks, a clean bright copy in contemporary sprinkled calf with decoration tooled in blind near joints, corners and spine ends a little worn, gouge to label, joints repaired, [Gibson 30; Pforzheimer 742; Wing M2691], 8vo, for Richard Chiswell, 1684.
⁂ First edition of this translation of More's great satire exposing the political corruption and religious hypocrisy of Europe's elite in the early 16th century, first published in 1516 in Latin.
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More (Sir Thomas) Utopia, translated by Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, with initial & final blanks, a clean bright copy in contemporary sprinkled calf with decoration tooled in blind near joints, corners and spine ends a little worn, gouge to label, joints repaired, [Gibson 30; Pforzheimer 742; Wing M2691], 8vo, for Richard Chiswell, 1684.
⁂ First edition of this translation of More's great satire exposing the political corruption and religious hypocrisy of Europe's elite in the early 16th century, first published in 1516 in Latin.