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14889473Basel: Johann Amerbach and Johann Petri. Good with no dust jacket. 1488. First Edition Thus. Leather. S. L. No date but not after 1488 or 1489. 1st Basel edition of Thomas a Kempis's meditations on the life of Jesus Christ. With 2 beautiful illuminated initials. A small octavo 6" x 4". 64 of 72 missing h quire sign a-i8. 30 lines per page Gothic type. Recto of a2 has two 5 line initials an "S" and a "P" in red blue and gold with trailing penwork. Red and blue Lombard initials throughout red and blue paragraph marks and letters touched with yellow throughout. Recently beautifully rebound by a master binder in period appropriate brown calf with blind stamped ruling and decorations 5 raised bands with blind stamped florals to the compartments black and gilt spine label. End papers renewed. Title page has very old ink owner inscriptions which have been marked out minor corner browning to some pages and very occasional very old brown ink mark top edges trimmed the first few leaves were cut at a slight angle but not affecting text. Quite a scarce copy ISTC im00432000 HC10992 Only 2 copies have come up for auction in the last 70 years none are available for sale. A lovely copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Johann Amerbach and Johann Petri hardcover
14886123Hardcover. Fine. Tractatus de meditatione cordis Johannis Gerson. Illustrated with 4 xylographic foliated initials the first colored. 8vo. Bound in 19th century vellum. Impressum Venetijs arte et impensis Bernardini de benalijs 1488. Early Edition. Hain 9095; Goff I-17; Bodleian Lib. 15th cent. T-105; BM 15th cent. V p. 372 IA.22318. The Imitatio Christi or Imitation of Christ is often considered the greatest of all Christian manuals of devotion. In the late 15th century there was some dispute as to the authorship of this work. The present edition mistakenly ascribes it to Johannis Gerson a French scholar educator reformer poet and chancellor of the University of Paris. It has however been proven that this work really was written by the German monk Thomas à Kempis. Attributed variously but now definitely ascribed to Thomas à Kempis. Goff. The first edition of Kempis work published in 1473 did not include the Imitatio Christi as it was believed then that Kempis was not the author. The Imitation of Christ also had an important influence on Protestantism as it was one of John Wesley's favorite books. Wesley the founder of the Methodist Church also brought his teachings to Georgia in the early part of the 18th century; so Kempis work has important ramifications for the development of American Protestantism. A sound copy with good margins. The contents collate complete. There is a very tiny hole in the upper right corner of the title page that has been expertly repaired. A few marginal notations in a miniscule early hand. Collectors small bookplate on the verso of the front endpaper. A very nice and attractive copy. hardcover
