De optimo reip. statv, deqve noua insula Vtopia
Subtitle: libellus uere aureus, nec minus salutaris quàm festiuus ...
By: Thomae Mori ... Epigrammata ... Thomae Mori, pleraq[ue] è Graecis uersa. Epigrammata Des. Erasmi Roterodami.
Contributors: Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536; Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
Published: 1518
Place of publication: Apud inclytam Basileam
Language: lat
Number of pages: 359
Work titles: Utopia.
Notes: Colophon: Basileae, Apvd Io. Frobenivm mense Decembri an. M.D.XVIII.

Each of the three parts has its own colophon, that of the first part, the Utopia, being dated November, 1518. The "Epigrammata" of More and of Erasmus have also special title-pages. This is the second printing of the work' third edition.

Title-page borders and the illustrations on p. [12] and p. [25] are from designs by Hans Holbein. Inscribed on title page in 16th cen. hand in English, marginal annotations in text in Latin.

First published 1516, with title: Libellus vere aureus de optimo reip. statu, deque nova insula Utopiae.

This vol. described in a label for the exhibit, "Learning the law" (1997).