benham laurens (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Surface soiling to the boards and sunned spine - see image. Bumped corners and slight edgewear to top and bottom of spine. Foxing throughout, but does not detract from the legibility of text or clarity of illustrations. Gift inscription on half title page. ; "Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imitation of Christ. This meditation on the spiritual life has inspired readers from Thomas More and St. Ignatius Loyola to Thomas Merton and Pope John Paul I. Written by the Augustinian monk Thomas à Kempis between 1420 and 1427, it contains clear instructions for renouncing wordly vanities and locating eternal truths." [goodreads]. This copy has a tight binding with gilt lettering and image on front board. Beveled edges. Tissue guards on ten etchings. Marbled endpapers. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 383 pages.