The Discourses of Raphael Hythoday of the Best State of the Common-Wealth. Utopia written in Latin . translated into English by Gilbert Burnet

(Cranbrook Press) More, Sir Thomas

Published by The Cranbrook Press, Detroit, Mich, 1902

About this Item

From an edition consisting of 210 copies, this being an unnumbered copy. 71,[1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Designed and printed by hand on Cranbrook handmade paper by George Booth, with the assistance of Cecil Billington. Booth, editor of the Detroit EVENING NEWS, founded the Cranbrook Press in 1900, and through 1902 Ransom records ten imprints. His first type choice was based on Morris's casting of Jenson, and he commissioned handmade paper with the Press' watermark. His statement of purpose in SOMETHING ABOUT THE CRANBROOK PRESS, published earlier the same year, emphasized his quest for perfection and desire to emulate Caxton and Morris. Publisher's three-quarter vellum and boards, gilt label, untrimmed. Fine in plain wrapper, and somewhat nicked and battered board folding box, with manuscript caption. Institutional bookplate, and gift inscription from chairman of the Cranbrook Press on front free endpaper From an edition consisting of 210 copies, this being an unnumbered copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Discourses of Raphael Hythoday of the Best State of the Common-Wealth. Utopia written in Latin . translated into English by Gilbert Burnet
• Publisher: The Cranbrook Press, Detroit, Mich
• Publication Date: 1902
• Binding: 71,[1] pp. 1 vols. 4to
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