The Christian's exercise : or, rules to live above the world while we are in it; with meditations, hymns and soliloquies, ... Adorn'd with curious sculptures. In four parts. By Thomas à Kempis. To which is added, an appendix ... by Robert Nelson, Esq

Folger bibliographic ID: 173631
ESTC number: T128159
Folger call number: 155- 726q
Folger holdings ID: 176618

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

The traditional attribution to Thomas à Kempis is disputed A translation of: Imitatio Christi The four parts, each entitled 'Rules to live above the world', and the appendix, entitled 'A collection of several small pieces both in prose and verse', have separate titlepages, with the imprint: London: printed for Richard Smith, 1714

Item information about Folger 155- 726q

This copy has 8 plates, including port. Some print show-through. Panelled calf binding, rebacked; gilt spine title on a leather label: "Nelson's Thomas a Kempis". Provenance: armorial bookplate of J.T.A. Swan (motto "sit nomen decus"); bought by the Folger by S. Smith, cat. 1:221

Uniform title: Imitatio Christi. English
Extended title: The Christian's exercise : or, rules to live above the world while we are in it; with meditations, hymns and soliloquies, ... Adorn'd with curious sculptures. In four parts. By Thomas à Kempis. To which is added, an appendix ... by Robert Nelson, Esq

associated with: Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471