1658 Imitation of Christ 1ed Thomas a Kempis Elzevier Dutch Rosweyde Classic

1658 Imitation of Christ 1^ed Thomas a Kempis Elzevier Dutch Rosweyde Classic

“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”

― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis’s most famous and important work has, for centuries, been The Imitation of Christ. This important 17^th-century Elzevier printing contains a life of Thomas a Kempis by Heribert Rosweyde, a Dutch hagiographer. This particular 1658 edition, according to Willems, was published in Amsterdam instead of Lyon, based on the signatures and decorative lettering; however, traditionally, Elzevier devotionals sold better in France than the Netherlands so they put a false publisher on this edition. The correct publishing city was later added to the 1674 edition with no other changes made to the edition.

Item number: #23994

Price: $750

KEMPIS, Thomas a

Th. à Kempis canonici regularis Ordin. S. August. De imitatione Christi libri quatuor

Lugduni: [i.e. Amsterdam]: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1658.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 261, [1]
  • Includes engraved title page
• References: Willems 1232
• Provenance: Handwritten – Rud, 1716
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Red Moroccan leather
• Size: ~5.25in X 3in (13.5cm x 7.5cm)

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