Undiscovered christ (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. xxxviii, 182 p.; 2 pl.; 19.5 cm. Book 1 has 25 chapters and 2 has 12 (as usual), book 3 has 48 (not 59), book 4 has 8 (not 18) From the preface: `In preparing the present translation of the Imitation the editor has made use of several English translations. At the same time, however, he has everywhere consulted the autography copy of Thomas a Kempis, completed in the year 1441. The division into verses is based on the system of A Kempis, while the second and third books follow both A Kempis and the German translation by Paul Hagen.' (p. [v]) -- From the introduction: `It is sufficient for us to know at the present that the Imitation was produced by followers of Gerard Groote. The teachings found in every part of this book are his teachings, and its influence is the outcome of his work. The compiler of the Imitation of Christ was Thomas a Kempis, or, rather, Thomas Hemerken of Kempen.' (p. xii f.) -- `Among the numerous manuscripts in the City Library at Lubeck which originally belonged to the Sisters of the Common Life of that city, there are two which contain a treatise in Low German called Admonitions Tending to Things Internal. Also, there is a manuscript in the same library in which Chapters VI-IX of the fourth book of the Imitation are found, all in the same Low-German dialect apparently in use at Lubeck in the fifteenth century. The sixty-four chapters in the Low-German dialect, which we shall call L, were put together by Thomas a Kempis when he was still living at Deventer. Now, L differs so much from the other chapters of Books III and IV that they must have been written by two different personalities and at different times.' (p. xxi-xxiii) Good ex-lib. dull orig. black cloth, gilt top.…

Softcover. 119 p. Good condition. The pages are clean and without markings. Slight signs of storage and use. Cover with tear. Entry on the first page. Otherwise, a neat copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.