A full deuoute [and] gostely treatyse of ye imitacyo[n] [and] folowynge ye blessed lyfe of our most mercyfull sauyour cryst: co[m]pyled in Latyn by ye ryght worshypfull doctor master John Gerson, [and] translated into englysshe the yere of our lorde. M.d.ii. by mayster Wyllyam atkynson doctor of diuynyte, at ye specyall request [and] co[m]mau[n]dement of ye full excellent pryncesse Margarete moder to our souerayne lorde Kynge Henry the. vii. [and] Cou[n]tesse of Rychemount [and] Derby.

Format:

Microformat

Contributor:

Atkinson, William, -1509.

Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471, attributed name.

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 154:23.

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 449:9.

Standardized Title:

Imitatio Christi. English

Language:

English

Physical Description:

196 unnumbered pages

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

weth and considereth himselfe and vnderstandith his owne.

Place of Publication:

[Imprynted in Lo[n]don : By wynkyn de worde i[n] fletestrete at the sygne of the sonne, [1528?]

Notes:

The traditional attribution to Thomas a ̀Kempis is disputed.

A translation of: Imitatio Christi.

First line of text, leaf A3r, reads "weth [and] [con]sidereth himselfe [and] vndersta[n]dith his owne".

Imprint from colophon, book 3; publication date suggested by STC.

With a final colophon leaf.

Signatures: A-B C-P6 Q4.

Formerly STC 23959.

Identified as STC 23959 on UMI microfilm reel 449.

The British Library copy on UMI microfilm reel 154 is imperfect; lacks all before leaf A3; the Cambridge University Library copy on reel 449 lacks colophon leaf.

Reproductions of the originals in the British Library and the Cambridge University Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1942, 1951. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 154:23, 449:09). s1942 miun a

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 23960.

OCLC:

187573726