[Hand Colored | Fine Binding | Ramage] The Imitation of Christ
Language: English
Published by Methuen and Co., London, 1896
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Under the Hill Books, St Louis Park, MN, U.S.A.Under the Hill Books
AbeBooks seller since April 3, 2019
Condition: Used - Good
£ 272.40
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Kempis, Thomas à. The Imitation of Christ. From the Latin of Thomas à Kempis, with an Introduction by the Venerable F. W. Farrar, D.D., and Five Designs by C. M. Gere. London: Methuen and Co., 1896. With five designs by C. M. Gere, all delicately hand-colored in this copy. Extra illustrated with six inserted tissue-covered chromolithographic plates, primarily of saints. Bound in full brown crushed morocco by Ramage with central gilt IHS monogram, spine with raised bands and gilt title. Elaborate gilt-rolled turn-ins with light pastel marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. ("IHS" is the traditional Christogram, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus and long used as a devotional emblem.) Bookplate of Henry Fane Haylett Sewell, dated 1906, to front pastedown. Measures approx. 4.5" x 6.5". Some minor rubbing to joints, edges, and corners. Hinges and joints sound. Small chip to upper spine tip. Some sporadic pencil annotations in the text.
Seller Inventory # ABE-1790175479747
Bibliographic details
- Title
- [Hand Colored | Fine Binding | Ramage] The Imitation of Christ
- Author
- Kempis, Thomas à
- Publisher
- Methuen and Co., London
- Publication year
- 1896
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- C.M. Gere
- Item weight
- 1.5 pounds
Under the Hill Books
St Louis Park, MN, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since April 3, 2019
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I am a dealer of fine bindings and pre-1930 private/fine press items, with a collecting focus on the work of Lorenz Schwartz. I have been selling independently since the mid-2000s. Website: www.underthehillbooks.com Email: nolan@underthehillbooks.com
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Nolan Goodman
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