OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST; IN THREE BOOKS. Translated from the Latin of Thomas A Kempis by John Payne
by Kempis, Thomas A
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About This Item
Wilmington, Oh: Printed by Gaddis & Abrams, 1815. 195pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, leather label. Some minor old ink scribbles on titlepage (over text). Heavy foxing. Still a tight, very good copy. An early and important work of Catholic Americana, and one of the earliest Ohio printings of this basic text of Catholic devotion. Shaw & Shoemaker locates seven copies. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 34992. OHIO IMPRINTS 258. WILKIE 369. MORGAN, OHIO IMPRINTS 120. PARSONS, EARLY CATHOLIC AMERICANA 515
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST; IN THREE BOOKS. Translated from the Latin of Thomas A Kempis by John Payne
- Author
- Kempis, Thomas A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by Gaddis & Abrams
- Place of Publication
- Wilmington, Oh
- Date Published
- 1815
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William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...