The original edition of the book was published anonymously in Latin in Louvain in 1516 under the formidable title of:
Libellus vere Aureus nec minus salutaris quam festivus de optimo reip. statu deque noua Insula Vtopia. (A truly Golden Handbook, No Less Beneficial than Entertaining of the Best State of the Commonwealth and New Island of Utopia.)
A later edition added to that title: “by the Distinguished and Eloquent Author Thomas More, Citizen and Sheriff of the Famous City of London.”
By common agreement the title has been shortened to Utopia. The work was first translated into English in 1551 by Ralphe Robynson.
