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THOMAS À KEMPIS (c. 1380-1471). Opera: Sermones, epistolae et alia opuscula. [Nuremberg: Caspar Hochfeder, 29 November 1494].
Second edition, the first complete. It contains the saint's most famous work, the Imitatio Christi, not present in the earlier Utrecht edition (c.1473). HC(Add) *9769; BMC II, 475; CIBN T-222; Bod-inc T-090; BSB-Ink T-195; Goff T-352.
Chancery folio (296 x 215mm). Red initials over printed guide-letter, red paragraph marks and capital strokes (small wormholes in first and last few quires touching a few letters, heavier in final quire). Contemporary pigskin over wooden boards (without metal corner-and centrepieces and clasps, small wormholes, a little worn at extremities). Provenance: Asbach, Franciscan convent (early 17th-century inscription) – Munich, Royal Library (‘Duplum’ inscription).
Second edition, the first complete. It contains the saint's most famous work, the Imitatio Christi, not present in the earlier Utrecht edition (c.1473). HC(Add) *9769; BMC II, 475; CIBN T-222; Bod-inc T-090; BSB-Ink T-195; Goff T-352.
Chancery folio (296 x 215mm). Red initials over printed guide-letter, red paragraph marks and capital strokes (small wormholes in first and last few quires touching a few letters, heavier in final quire). Contemporary pigskin over wooden boards (without metal corner-and centrepieces and clasps, small wormholes, a little worn at extremities). Provenance: Asbach, Franciscan convent (early 17th-century inscription) – Munich, Royal Library (‘Duplum’ inscription).
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