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L’UTOPIE DE THOMAS MORUS (French Translation)
Leiden: Pierre van der Aa, 1715
12mo, 370pp. Rebound copy, in half leather binding, with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, marbled boards and endpapers, and marbled edges. With frontispiece and 16 engraved plates. Fixed lint bookmark.
Translation into French of More’s classic work by Mr. Gueudeville.
Includes the famous nude engraving opposite p. 225, depicting "a man and a woman in state of nature approving each other before marriage" (Gibson), which is often removed from this edition.
Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535), written in Latin and published in 1516. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social, and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.
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