(027148) Roper, William. A Man Of Singular Virtue: Being a Life of Sir Thomas More by His Son-In-Law William Roper and a Selection of More's Letters. London: Folio Society, 1980. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. 127 pages. Fine with no DJ. B&W and Color Illustrations. Black and red cloth with gold decoration. Housed in a thin pink Slipcase. Original receipt from Folio Society laid in. Selected, edited, and introduced by A. L. Rowse. Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), known to Catholics as Saint Thomas More since 1935, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an opponent of the Protestant Reformation, in particular of Martin Luther and William Tyndale (More, Thomas, Sir)
