Originally published in 1888, this translation of Kempis' well-known Catholic Christian spiritual book is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Originally written at the beginning of the fifteenth century in Latin for a readership of monastics and ascetics, the work is a guide to devotion which was intended to assist the soul in its pursuit of holiness. A canonical work that is thoroughly recommended reading for any amateur or professional theologian. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating ...
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Originally published in 1888, this translation of Kempis' well-known Catholic Christian spiritual book is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Originally written at the beginning of the fifteenth century in Latin for a readership of monastics and ascetics, the work is a guide to devotion which was intended to assist the soul in its pursuit of holiness. A canonical work that is thoroughly recommended reading for any amateur or professional theologian. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Black leather binding with gilt lettering on the front board. Backstrip is worn significantly. Edge of leaves red. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 200grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Size: Small Octavo. Binding: Rebound. Frontispiece has light foxing and a small stain. Page edges have foxing. Pages are clean and text is clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN:
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Good. 1891 George Barrie (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches tall white hardcover in publisher's purple cloth dust jacket, silver ruling and design to boards, top page edges gilt, white moire endpapers, illustrated with engraved frontispiece and nine other full-page engravings by Flameng from paintings by J. Paul Laurens (all with tissue guards), xviii, [1], 265 pp. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with staining to the lower edges of the front board. Residue of label to front pastedown. A couple of pages with slight age toning. Otherwise, a very good copy-clean, bright and unmarked-in a moderately soiled and edgeworn (and quite uncommon) cloth dust jacket. ~EEE~ [2.0P] An uncommon turn-of-the-century Philadelphia issue of The Imitation of Christ, Christendom's most popular devotional treatise, with an introduction by W. Wilberforce Newton. The Imitation was written (or at a minimum, transcribed) by Catholic monk Thomas Kempis, as four separate books completed between 1420 and 1427, at Mount Saint Agnes monastery, in the town of Windesheim, located in what is now the Netherlands. He wrote these works for the instruction of novices of his Augustinian monastic order, followers of Geert Groote's Brethren of the Common Life. But the writings quickly became popular among all the literate faithful. They were copied together in one manuscript as early as 1427, by Kempis, and copied (and later printed) together fairly consistently thereafter. Soon after hand-copied versions of the Imitatio Christi initially appeared, the printing press was invented, and it was among the first books after the Bible to be printed. There is probably no other book other than the Bible which has been printed in so many editions and translations. In the past six hundred years, the work has been translated from Kempis' medieval Latin into nearly every language in the world.