Sale 2501 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 7, 2019

211 210 210 c   MORE, THOMAS, Sir. The Common Wealth of Utopia. [6], 305 [i. e., 315] pages, including engraved additional title with the author’s portrait by William Marshall. 12mo, 137x89 mm, 18th-century calf, rebacked; some headlines shaved, light marginal dampstaining in middle volume. Unidentified armorial bookplate on front pastedown; faded old signature on title; full-page ownership inscription of Robert Potter dated 1698 on otherwise blank page [106]. London: B. Alsop & T. Fawcet for Wil. Sheares, 1639 [800/1,200] Fifth edition of the 1551 translation, the first into English. Gibson 29; STC 18098. 211 c   MORE, THOMAS, Sir. The Historie of the Pitifull Life, and Unfortunate Death of Edward the Fifth, and the then Duke of Yorke his brother: with the Troublesome and Tyrannical Government of usurping Richard the Third, and his Miserable End. Engraved portraits of Edward V and Richard III. [8], 179 [i. e., 181], [1]; [183]-461 pages; lacks final blank. 12mo, 137x80 mm, early 19th-century calf, spine worn, front cover detached, rear cover starting; contents toned with scattered stains and soiling, portrait of Edward V mounted, general title heavily soiled with imperfectly washed inscription, minor repairs on verso of last text leaf. Ownership inscription of Henry White of Litchfield Close dated 1810 on front pastedown. London: Thomas Payne for the Company of Stationers . . . to be sold by Mich: Young, 1641 [400/600] first edition in english of the first biography of Richard III, the main source for Shakespeare’s portrayal, originally published in the 1565 collected edition of More’s Latin works. Gibson 64a; Wing M2688.