From Nowhere: Utopian and Dystopian Visions of our - Chris J. Young

22. A Most Pleasant, Fruitful, and Witty Work of the Best State of a Public Weal, and of the New Isle Called Utopia.
22. Saint Thomas More. A Most Pleasant, Fruitful, and Witty Work of the
Best State of a Public Weal, and of the New Isle Called Utopia. London:
Shakespeare Press, 1808.
This limited edition of 250 large paper copies was printed by William Bulmer (1757–1830), and
includes several wood engravings by Richard T. Austin, who had apprenticed to the wood engraver,
John Bewick, brother of the renowned Thomas Bewick. From 1800 to 1818 Austin executed miniatures,
engravings and vignettes for numerous booksellers. This edition is accompanied by a detailed biography
of More, and a literary introduction by T.F. Dibdin (1776–1847), the English bibliographer whose
writings helped to stimulate interest in bibliography in the early nineteenth century.
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