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Memoirs of Sir Thomas More, with a New Translation of His Utopia, His History of King Richard III, and His Latin Poems. Translated by Arthur Cayley, the Younger, Esq.
by [ More, Sir Thomas ]. Cayley, Arthur
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About This Item
London: Published by Cadell and Davis, Strand 1808 First edition. The Cayley translation of Utopia is the third translation of that work. Contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards with a five-paneled spine tooled and lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. . Two volumes in one. Thick quarto. [iii]-viii, 342; [4], 356 pp. Copper engraved frontisportraits of Sir Thomas More and Erasmus. Binding extremities lightly worn. Intermittent light foxing and offsetting from frontisportraits. Occasional light browning, minor twentieth century ink marginalia, and engraved armorial bookplate of Thomas Webster on front end pastedown. Ink signature and inscription of John Burns (1921) on preliminary blank. Contemporary ink signature of previous owner, Charles M. Clarke, on title pages of both volumes. A very good copy. Arthur Cayley (1776–1848) entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1792. He took orders in 1813, and in 1814 was presented to a Yorkshire rectory. He wrote two historical biographies: The Life of Sir Walter Raleigh (1805) and Memoirs of Sir Thomas More, with a new translation of his Utopia, his History of King Richard III, and his Latin poems (1808). The present work was designed to reassert the integrity of the subject in reaction to Horace Walpole's Historic Doubts (1768).
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- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16908
- Title
- Memoirs of Sir Thomas More, with a New Translation of His Utopia, His History of King Richard III, and His Latin Poems. Translated by Arthur Cayley, the Younger, Esq.
- Author
- [ More, Sir Thomas ]. Cayley, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards with a five-paneled spine tooled and lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. The Cayley translation of Utopia is the third tra
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Cadell and Davis, Strand
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1808
- Size
- Two volumes in one. Thick quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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