Utopia

vel De Optimo Rei Publicae Statu

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Not macronized. The Latin keeps the spelling of the 1518 printing, without long marks.

Thomas More’s famous political satire, in the Latin of 1518. The illustrations and design draw on Utopia’s early printings, from Froben’s Basel printing to a French translation of 1715.

Introduction by Joshua Freed.

Oues inquam uestrae, quae tam mites esse, tamque exiguo solent ali,
nunc (uti fertur) tam edaces atque indomitae esse coeperunt,
ut homines deuorent ipsos.

Your sheep, I said, which used to be so meek and to live on so little,
have now, they say, grown so greedy and so wild
that they devour men themselves.

Second edition, 2026. This edition keeps the spelling of 1518, corrects the text and resets it.

Paperback, 6 × 9 inches, 146 pages. ISBN 979-8-9876456-8-0.