The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, somtyme Lord Chancellour of England, wrytten

by him in the Englysh tonge by Sir Thomas More

$30,000 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: John Cawood, John Walley, and Richarde Tottle, 1557. First edition. Bound in a late 18th century or early 19th century full calf binding. Boards ruled in gilt and blind and decoratively blindstamped. Modern rebacking with four raised bands, gilt title and stamping in the spine compartments. All edges of page block gilt with elaborate gauffering. Black letter, text generally in

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