A Renaissance woodcut title-border by Hans Holbein the Younger. In the upper corners, two tablets are inscribed with "HANS" (left) and "HOLB" (right). The border features an architectural structure adorned with several putti (cherubs) in various poses: some at the top blow long trumpets, others on the sides climb stylized pillars or hold spears. At the bottom center, two winged putti support a shield bearing a caduceus, which was the printer's mark of Johann Froben. Below this shield is a narrow horizontal frieze depicting a group of figures seated at a banquet table or in an assembly.

DE OPTI

MO REIP. STATV, DEQVE

a truly golden little book, no less wholesome

than entertaining, concerning the best state of a republic, and the

new island Utopia, by the most illustrious and eloquent man, THOMAS MORE,

citizen and Under-Sheriff of the renowned city of London.

EPIGRAMS by the most illustrious<-

and eloquent man, THOMAS MORE,

mostly translated from the Greek.

EPIGRAMS by Desiderius ERASMUS<-

of Rotterdam.

At the renowned Basel.

You do not see the Epigrams until after: 23.