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THOMAS À KEMPIS (ca.1380-1471). Imitatio Christi [German:] Die wahre Nachfolgung Christi. Augsburg: Johann Schönsperger, 26 July 1498.
Chancery 4° (190x121mm). Collation: π4 a-q8 r4 s8 (π1r full-page woodcut with title, π1v blank, π2r register, a1r text, s8r colophon, s8v blank). 144 leaves. 27 lines and headline. Type: 6:105G. One full-page woodcut, Maiblumen initials (1.), black lombards (13mm). (Title lower and fore-edge renewed with small repair to woodcut, small wormholes affecting some letters and woodcut, small marginal stain in final quire.) Contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, blindstamped, two brass fore-edge clasps (small repair to back cover), stamps not in Kyriss/Schwenke-Sammlung.
Although a German translation of the Imitatio Christi existed by 1434, one was not published until over a decade after the first Latin edition. This is the fourth edition in German. H *9118; Goff I-42; Polain(B) 2071; Schreiber 5348; Oates 948; IDL 4332; NOT IN BMC
Chancery 4° (190x121mm). Collation: π4 a-q8 r4 s8 (π1r full-page woodcut with title, π1v blank, π2r register, a1r text, s8r colophon, s8v blank). 144 leaves. 27 lines and headline. Type: 6:105G. One full-page woodcut, Maiblumen initials (1.), black lombards (13mm). (Title lower and fore-edge renewed with small repair to woodcut, small wormholes affecting some letters and woodcut, small marginal stain in final quire.) Contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, blindstamped, two brass fore-edge clasps (small repair to back cover), stamps not in Kyriss/Schwenke-Sammlung.
Although a German translation of the Imitatio Christi existed by 1434, one was not published until over a decade after the first Latin edition. This is the fourth edition in German. H *9118; Goff I-42; Polain(B) 2071; Schreiber 5348; Oates 948; IDL 4332; NOT IN BMC