1699 ENGLISH Thomas a Kempis Imitation of Christ Stanhope Prayers Bible London

1699 ENGLISH Thomas a Kempis Imitation of Christ Stanhope Prayers Bible London

 

“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”

― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

 

Thomas a Kempis’s most famous and important work has, for centuries, been ‘The Imitation of Christ.’ It has widely been known to have influence important Christian conversion including that of John Wesley and John Newton.  This 1699 English edition of Kempis was edited and translated by George Stanhope, a renowned English editor of early church works.

 

Item number: #23757

Price: $750

 

KEMPIS, Thomas a

 

The Christians pattern: or, A treatise of the imitation of Jesus Christ In four books

 

London: printed by W. Onley, for M. Gillyflower, 1699.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [2], ii, iii, [5], 271, [1], ii, 38
  • Engraved frontispiece
• Provenance: Handwritten – [John Besly, 1739]
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6in X 3.5in (15.5cm x 9cm)

 

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