Of the Imitation of Christ : in four books / by Thomas à Kempis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471, author.

Contributor:

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., publisher.

Riverside Press (Edinburgh, Scotland), printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Imitatio Christi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian life--Catholic authors.

Christian life.

Meditations.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi, [1], 223, [1] pages ; 22 cm

Manufacture:

Edinburgh : Riverside Press

Place of Publication:

London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., MCMV {1905].

Notes:

Title in red and black.

Initials in red and black ink.

"The initial letters and tailpieces in this edition are reproduced direct from French originals of the fifteenth century. This edition, on hand-made paper, is limited to five hundred copies for sale in England and the United States."--Page v.

Title vignette (printer's device).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

OCLC:

19500128