Live auction - Lot 835

[Bodoni]

[THOMAS A KEMPIS]

De imitatione Christi libri quatuor.

Parma, G. Bodoni, 1793


Hammer price: € 500

€ 600 / 800

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Lot description

Lge folio, c. 46 x 30 cm: vii-[1 bl.]-311-[1 bl.] pp. (some min. spotting or marg. soiling).

Contemp. boards covered with marbled paper, flat spine with gilt morocco labels (sl. rubbed, sm. def. to labels). Very good copy with uncut edges.

Beautifully printed folio edition of the Christian classic by the famous Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813), dedicated to Ludovico I di Borbone.
Ref. Brooks 484. - De Backer 427.
Prov. Armorial collector’s ticket with device"Libro Liber", probably Henri Monod (1843-1911).

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Lot 835

De imitatione Christi libri quatuor.

[THOMAS A KEMPIS]

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