Description
Corneille (Pierre, translator).- Kempis (Thomas à) L'Imitation de Iesus Christ, engraved pictorial title, printed title with woodcut Jesuit device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, privilege f. at end, preliminaries browned, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, ink stain to lower cover, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, housed in a dark blue crushed morocco box by Rivière & Son, 12mo, Rouen, Laurens Maurry, 1651.
⁂ The rare first edition of this translation of the first 20 chapters of The Imitation of Christ by the renowned 17th century French dramatist.
Lot 110
Corneille (Pierre, translator).- Kempis (Thomas à) L'Imitation de Iesus Christ, first edition of this translation, Rouen, Laurens Maurry, 1651.
Hammer Price: £260
Description
Corneille (Pierre, translator).- Kempis (Thomas à) L'Imitation de Iesus Christ, engraved pictorial title, printed title with woodcut Jesuit device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, privilege f. at end, preliminaries browned, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, ink stain to lower cover, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, housed in a dark blue crushed morocco box by Rivière & Son, 12mo, Rouen, Laurens Maurry, 1651.
⁂ The rare first edition of this translation of the first 20 chapters of The Imitation of Christ by the renowned 17th century French dramatist.
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