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Of the imitation of Jesus Christ : translated from the Latin original /

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Imitatio Christi.
Corporate Author: Shakspeare Press
Other Authors: Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471, Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847, Payne, John (Translator), Nicol, William, 1777-1857 (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for the author by William Nicol, at the Shakspeare Press : Published by William Pickering and John Major, 1828.
Subjects:
Meditations > Early works to 1800.
Spiritual life > Early works to 1800.
Christian life > Early works to 1800.
Imitatio Christi.
Méditations > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Vie spirituelle > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Meditations.
Spiritual life.
Early works.
Subscribers' lists > England > 19th century.
Description
Item Description:In a modern blue cloth slipcase.
Contains only the first three books, based on John Payne's translation. Includes Payne's preface (pages xlv-lv).
Includes a list of subscribers. Final leaf carries a list of further subscribers and an advertisement.
With a frontispiece engraving depicting Jesus Christ's passion. End of text has a vignette-size engraving of Leonardo's Last supper.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:clvii pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 389 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.