This is an auction for UTOPIA by Sir Thomas More.

This is a Folio Society book in new condition, in its original slip case.

From Wikipedia:

"Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), also Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, author, and statesman who in his lifetime earned a reputation as a leading humanist scholar, and occupied many public offices, including Lord Chancellor (1529-1532). More coined the word "utopia", a name he gave to an ideal, imaginary island nation whose political system he described in the eponymous book...In 1516 More wrote his most famous and controversial work, Utopia, a novel wherein a traveller, Raphael Hythloday, describes the political arrangements of the imaginary island country of Utopia to himself and to Peter Giles. This novel presents the city of Amaurote as "of them all this is the worthiest and of most dignity". Utopia contrasts the contentious social life of European states with the perfectly orderly, reasonable social arrangements of Utopia and its environs. In Utopia, private property does not exist, and there is almost complete religious toleration. The novel's principal message is the social need for order and discipline, rather than liberty. The country of Utopia tolerates different religious practices, but does not tolerate atheists. More theorizes that if a man did not believe in a god or in an afterlife he could never be trusted, because, logically, he would not acknowledge any authority or principle outside himself. More used the novel describing an imaginary nation as means of freely discussing contemporary controversial matters..."

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Folio Society hardback 2011.

159 pages.

Superbly illustrated by Adam Simpson.

New condition.

The cost of shipping is $6.95 (tracked mail). If you are on rural delivery and want tracked mail, the shipping cost will be $9.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

Payment within seven days, please.