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Published by Charles L'Angelier, Paris, 1550

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First French edition. The English translation has been published one year after this edition. Illustrated by 12 woodcuts, some repeated, cuts for this edition. "Thomas More is a saint to the Catholic, and the predecessor of Marx to the Communist. His manifesto is and will be required reading for both, and for all shades of opinion between." Printing and the Mind of Man 47. Fairfax Murray, Early French Books 391. Fine copy bound in morroco by Thibaron-Joly, great binder of the 19th c. 8vo. (8), 105, 7 ff. Maroquin rouge, dos � nerfs orn�, grand fleuron dor� sur les plats, tranches dor�es. (Reliure du XIXe, Thibaron-Joly.) --------------------Premi�re �dition en fran�ais, la traduction est de Jean Le Blond, po�te normand. L'ouvrage a �t� publi� pour la premi�re fois, en latin, � Louvain en 1516. La traduction anglaise n'a parue qu'un an apr�s cette �dition fran�aise. Illustr� par 12 bois grav�s � mi-page, certains r�p�t�s, qui ont �t� grav�s pour cet ouvrage. On y trouve une figure de l'auteur en train d'�crire, un chien couch� � ses pieds. En t�te on trouve un �p�tre de Guillaume Bud�. Thomas More (1478-1535), le plus illustre repr�sentant anglais de l'humanisme, refusa de reconnaitre la souverainet� du roi d'Angleterre sur l'Eglise. Il fut convaincu de haute-trahison et ex�cut�. Tr�s bel exemplaire, parfaitement �tabli par Thibaron-Joly. Brunet III, 1894 : "Edition rare." -. Seller Inventory # 14292

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Title: La description de l'isle d'Utopie ou est ...

Publisher: Charles L'Angelier, Paris

Publication Date: 1550

Edition: 1st Edition

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