Author: Henry Morley [introduction]
Title: Ideal Commonwealths Plutarch&Apos;S Lycurgus, More&Apos;S Utopia, Bacon&Apos;S New Atlantis, Campanella&Apos;S City of Tghe Sun and a Fragment of Hall&Apos;S Mundus Alter Et Idem
Description: London, George Routledge and Sons, 1885. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of excerpts from important 'Utopia' novels, edited with an introduction and by Henry Morley. The first edition of this collection of stories.An uncommon work.Number 25 of 'Morley's Universal Library&apos. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth.This work features a collection of excerpts from important 'utopian' and 'lost civilisation' fiction works, edited with an introduction by professor of English literature Henry Morley. This work aims to showcase what Morley believed to be examples of 'ideal Commonwealths' and Utopias. The work discusses and includes sections from noted works such as Bacon's 'New Atlantis', which portrayed a vision of future in an Utopian land, and Thomas More's 'Utopia' which is a socio-political utopian fiction. Publisher's advertisements to the rear and endpapers. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with slight fading to the spine, bumping and minimal rubbing to the extremities and handling marks to the boards. Age toning to the endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with clean and age toned pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: First edition Utopia Commonwealth Science fiction Utopia Atlantis Fantasy None


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