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MORE, Thomas. [ Utopia :] De optimo reip. statu, deque nova insula Utopia, libellus vere aureus . - Epigrammata . -- Desiderius ERASMUS Epigrammata . Basel: Johann Froben, November-December 1518. 4° (200 x 135mm). Roman and Greek types, Utopian alphabet. Woodcut architectural title border by Hans Holbein on title, repeated on c1, full-page woodcut map of Utopia by Ambrosius Holbein half-page woodcut scene depicting John Clement Thomas More, Raphael Hythlodaye and Pieter Gillis by A. Holbein opening text, woodcut title border to More's epigrams by Urs Graf woodcut title border to Erasmus's epigrams by Hans Holbein one of three printer's devices at the end of each part, woodcut historiated initials by Urs Graf and A. and H. Holbein. (Light dampstain at upper edge, light spotting on first two and final leaf.) English mid 18th-century calf, gilt spine, blue sprinkled edges (spine worn and restored, label renewed), modern citron morocco-backed solander case. Provenance : Rev. Joseph Brereton, King's College, Cambridge (bookplate, librarian to the 4th Earl of Dysart) -- 4th Earl of Dysart, Ham House (sale Sotheby's 20-21 June 1938, lot 255, £12 to Benger) -- F. Fasting (rubberstamp on front pastedown) -- Silvain S. Brunschwig (sale Geneva, 1955, lot 102, monogram booklabel). FOURTH EDITION, the second corrected by More, and the SECOND EDITION of More's Epigrammata . It is a page-by-page reprint of Froben's edition published in March of the same year, which established the text for all subsequent editions. Erasmus was responsible for arranging publication of the two Basel editions by 'his' printer, Johann Froben, for which More provided a revised text. The fourth edition was published in More's lifetime, and the small corrections and revisions may represent his on-going involvement. Gibson 4; Davies, Murray German , 203; Hollstein XIV, p.20.