More, Sir Thomas

Utopia [and] The Dialogue of Comfort
The Chief Sources of English Legal History

London: J.M. Dent, 1946. Two books bound as one: "Utopia' and the "Dialogue of Comfort". Octavo, original cloth boards, dustjacket, dec endpapers, pp xxxvii, 359, xvi. Previous owner's inscription front free endpaper. Light chipping to the edges to the dustjacket, mainly to the foot of the spine. Near-fine condition in very good d.j., repaired and protected.

Sir Thomas More (1478 – 1535), was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist. "Utopia" is More's satirical work depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. It was first published (in Latin) in Leuven in 1516. "A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation" was written by More while imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1534, the year before his execution: it is both a spiritual reflection and a work of political thought. This edition republishes J.M. Dent's 1910 edition which includes an introduction by Judge John O'Hagan. Item #105659

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