Author: THOMAS A KEMPIS - J. VALART :
Title: De Imitatione Christi Libri Quator, Ad Manuscriptorum ac primarum editionum fidem castigat...Recensuit J. Valart, Acad. Amb...Nova Editio.
Description: 5. Parisiis (Paris), Typis J. Barbou, 1764, small in-8°, 15 x 8,5 cm, engraved frontispiece (Marillier) + title with vignet + xi + 417 pp + (3)pp + 4 full page engravings by Marillier, contemporary full leather, smooth gilt back, covers with fine triple gilt fillets, all edges gilt, nothwithstanding a small marginal waterstain at the frontispiece a very fine copy. The first edition of this text dates from 1758. The edition has a very fine typography, at the end is explicitly announced that the book was printed with types from Monsieur Fournier Le Jeune. (Simon-Pierre Fournier). (See item 826 in the catalogue Delaveau-Sordet). .

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