Live auction - Lot 818

THOMAS A KEMPIS

L’Imitation de Iesus-Christ, traduite & paraphrasée en vers François par P. Corneille.

Rouen, L. Maurry for R. Ballard (Paris), 1658

€ 250 / 350

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Lot description

4to: [18]-531-[1] pp.

19th-c. gold-tooled burgundy morocco, covers with triple gilt ruled border with gilt corner pieces, richly gilt spine with raised bands, a.e.g., gilt inside dent. (sl. rubbed, sm. def. at head and front joint). Excellent copy.

Rare 2nd 4to ed. (after the 1656 4to ed.) of the classic French translation by P. Corneille (1606-1684), first publ. Rouen 1651-1652. Engr. front. and 4 full-page engr. by F. Chauveau.
Ref. De Backer 191:2718-2770.

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Lot 818

L’Imitation de Iesus-Christ, traduite & paraphrasée en vers François par P. Corneille.

THOMAS A KEMPIS

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