By the Illustrious Man Thomas More, Chancellor of the Kingdom of Britain, Thomas More (1478–1535) was an English lawyer, social philosopher, and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor to King Henry VIII.

**ON THE BEST STATE OF A COMMONWEALTH, AND ON THE NEW ISLAND OF UTOPIA,** The word "Commonwealth" translates the Latin Respublica. "Utopia" is a name coined by More from Greek roots, punning on "no place" (outopia) and "good place" (eutopia).

TWO BOOKS:

A TRULY GOLDEN WORK, NO LESS
beneficial than it is entertaining; through the recommendations of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Guillaume Budé, and other great men contained in the introductory letters, its value will become clear to any who doubt. Desiderius Erasmus and Guillaume Budé were the leading "Humanist" scholars of the Northern Renaissance and close friends of More.

A decorative printer's mark within an ornate rectangular border featuring floral scrollwork. The central circular image depicts a figure, possibly representing the soul or Ganymede, being carried upward by a large eagle. Above the figures is a scroll bearing the motto: REJOICE IN GOD original: "IN DEO LAETANDVM".

HANAU A town in Hesse, Germany, which became a significant center for printing in the early 17th century.

From the press of Johann Jakob Henne, at the ex-

pense of Peter Kopff.

1613.

By the Illustrious Man Thomas More, Chancellor of the Kingdom of Britain, Thomas More (1478–1535) was an English lawyer, social philosopher, and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor to King Henry VIII.

ON THE BEST STATE OF A COMMONWEALTH, AND ON THE NEW ISLAND OF UTOPIA, The word "Commonwealth" translates the Latin Respublica. "Utopia" is a name coined by More from Greek roots, punning on "no place" (outopia) and "good place" (eutopia).

TWO BOOKS:

HANAU A town in Hesse, Germany, which became a significant center for printing in the early 17th century.

**ON THE BEST STATE OF A COMMONWEALTH, AND ON THE NEW ISLAND OF UTOPIA,** The word "Commonwealth" translates the Latin Respublica. "Utopia" is a name coined by More from Greek roots, punning on "no place" (outopia) and "good place" (eutopia).