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Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the progress and prospects of society.

Title: Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the progress and prospects of society. By Robert Southey, Esq., LL.D., Poet Laureate, honoryary member of the Royal Spanish Academy, of the Royal Spanish Academy of History, of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands, of the Cymmrodorion, of the Massachusetts Historical Society, of the American Antiquarian Society, of the Royal Irish Academy, of the Bristol Philosophical and Literary Society, of the Metropolitan Institution, of the Philomathic Institution, &c.
Author: Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
Publication: London : John Murray, Albemarle-Street. 1829.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	v. 2	Text	Request in advance	SC (Southey, R. Sir Thomas More. 1829) v. 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 2 c.1	Text	Permit needed	Pforz (Southey, R. Sir Thomas More) v. 2 c.1	Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Text	Permit needed	Pforz (Southey, R. Sir Thomas More) v. 2	Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 1 c.1	Text	Permit needed	Pforz (Southey, R. Sir Thomas More) v. 1 c.1	Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319
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2 v. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

"...[A] calm exposition of [Southey's] mature social and political convictions: rejection of the Catholic claims and of constitutional reform, support for high taxation to redistribute wealth, and so on. The conversations are conducted with the ghost of Sir Thomas More, whose Utopia was a remote ancestor of pantisocracy. They are set in the neighbourhood of Keswick, and the beauty of the countryside tempers the generally gloomy tone of the conversation, as does the quiet of his splendid library." -- DNB.

Alternative Title

Colloquies on the progress and prospects of society

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Pagination: v.1: xv, [3], 418 p., [4] leaves of plates ; v.2: [4], 450, [2] p., [3] leaves of plates.
Printer's imprint: "London: Printed by C. Roworth, Bell Yard, Temple Bar."
Dedication: "To the memory of the Reverend Herbert Hill ..."
Publisher's advertisements: v. 2, p. [451-452].
Illustrations: v. 1: Engraved frontispiece portrait of More, by Edwd. Finden after Holbein. -- Plate engraving, "Druidical Stones, Near Keswick," by Robert Wallis after W. Westall. -- Plate engraving, "Derwentwater, Bassenthwaite-water & Skiddaw from Walla Crag," by E. Goodall after W. Westall. -- Plate engraving, "Derwentwater from Strandhagg," by E. Goodall after W. Westall. -- v. 2: Engraved frontispiece, "Crosthwaite Church & Skiddaw," by W. R. Smith after Westall. -- Plate engraving, "Thralkeld Tarn," by Wallis after Westall. -- Plate engraving, "Gret Hall, Derwentwater & Newlands," by Smith after Westall.

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Call Number

SC (Southey, R. Sir Thomas More. 1829)

LCCN

29003559

OCLC

361598

Author

Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.

Title

Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the progress and prospects of society. By Robert Southey, Esq., LL.D., Poet Laureate, honoryary member of the Royal Spanish Academy, of the Royal Spanish Academy of History, of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands, of the Cymmrodorion, of the Massachusetts Historical Society, of the American Antiquarian Society, of the Royal Irish Academy, of the Bristol Philosophical and Literary Society, of the Metropolitan Institution, of the Philomathic Institution, &c.

Imprint

London : John Murray, Albemarle-Street. 1829.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy 1: With the armorial book-plate of Baron Alington (Sturt). -- Bound in polished full blue calf, with gilt decorations on spine, red morocco spine labels, gilt and blind frames on covers, gilt cover edges, blind-tooled turn-ins, Spanish-style endpapers and edges.

Pforzheimer copy 2: Bound in green cloth, with printed paper spine labels; untrimmed.

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