Thomas MORE. - Lot 129

Thomas MORE. Thomas MORE. Idée d'une République heureuse: ou l'Utopie de Thomas Morus, Chancelier d'Angleterre. Contenant le Plan d'une République dont les Loix, les Usages et les Coûtumes tendent uniquement à rendre heureux les Sociétez qui les suivront. Translated into French by Mr de Gueudeville, and enriched with intaglio figures. A Amsterdam, chez François L'Honoré, 1730, in-12 bound in full contemporary basane, smooth ornate spine, title page, triple gilt fillet framing the boards. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a heraldic vignette and 16 handsome engraved plates included in the pagination. Complete with the 13th figure, known as l'Etalage viril, signed Bleyswick, often censored (Cohen, col. 740). A good copy. Bookplate of Jacques Vieillard. Second edition of Gueudeville's French translation.