More (Sir Thomas) A dyaloge of Syr Thomas More knyghte...Wherin be treatyd dyvers maters as of the veneration of Worshyp of ymagys & relyques, prayng to sayntys, & goyng on pylgrymage, first edition, printed in black letter, double column, woodcut colophon at end, woodcut initials, errata leaf [Z]1 (slightly torn at inner margin) present, but lacking final blank, some early ink annotations, some light water-staining, wide margins, [STC 18084], Enpryntyd...[by] Johannes Rastell, 1529; bound after Omnia...Latina Opera, first collected edition, printed in roman and italic, double column, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and decorations, ink name cut out from top left corner of title not affecting text, occasional soiling, reasonable margins, Louvain, Apud Joannem Bogardum, 1565, together 2 works in 1, later vellum, gilt, endpapers detached and binding becoming detached, morocco spine labels chipped, folio (269 x 180mm.)

⁂ The first item is the rare first edition of which ESTC locates only 8 copies (4 each in British Isles and N. America). The second includes Utopia (contrary to Lowndes and Brunet) and the first printing of the original Latin version of Historia Richardi Tertii. Later issues have the date 1566 and copies are also known with either Bogard or Zangre (who jointly produced the work) or both, in the imprint.

Provenance: Rob. Tetlow (ownership inscription on title of first work, dated 1617); 'Bass' (ink inscription on title of second work); Gavin Hastings Wheler (ink inscription at head of title of second work and bookplate, dated 1725)