[KEMPIS, Thomas A.]. The Imitation of Jesus Christ. - Lot 143

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[KEMPIS, Thomas A.]. The Imitation of Jesus Christ. - Lot 143
[KEMPIS, Thomas A.]. The Imitation of Jesus Christ. Paris, François Janet, 1818. In-8, full red morocco, false ribbed spine decorated with gilt garlands and fleurons, guilloche headpieces, boards decorated with gilt filleting and stamped with cold framing ornaments, spines decorated with gilt roulettes. Binding signed P. Doll. XII - 582 pages. 1 black engraved frontispiece and 4 black engravings outside the text. Moisture mark on the first cover, corners very slightly dulled, second cover rubbed, some foxing. New edition, decorated with engravings by Pigeot, Leroux and Bovinct after drawings by Horace Vernet, of this translation by the Reverend Father de Gonnelieu of the famous devotional book "The Imitation of Jesus Christ", attributed to Thomas A. Kempis, which was for a long time the most printed book after the Bible. Translation dedicated to the King. Ex dono handwritten in ink on April 1, 1823. A fine copy, in a charming morocco binding by P. Doll.
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