Thomas A Kempis

The Christian's Exercise: Or, Rules to Live above the World While we are in it;

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for Charles Rivington London 1717 with Meditations, Hymns and Soliloquies, Suited to the several Stages of Christian Life. In four Parts. By Thomas à Kempis. To which is annex'd, An Appendix of Letters, Dialogues, &c. Addressed to all the true Lovers of Devotion, By Robert Nelson, Esq. The Second Edition Revised. To which is added, A Prayer which Mr. Nelson made for his Own Private Use. And a Letter wrote by Abp. Tillotson to his sick Friend. Engraved frontispiece and six plates, woodcut ornaments. 8vo. [198 x 123 x 33 mm]. [12]ff, xvi, [xvi], 440. Bound in contemporary sprinkled calf, the spine divided into six panels, without any form of lettering other than a small paper shelf-label, the edges of the boards tooled with a gilt roll, plain endleaves, red sprinkled edges. Each of the four parts and the appendix has a separate title-page. The general title is browned but it is a fine copy from Shirburn Castle, with the South Library bookplate and the Earl of Macclesfield's blind stamp. A translation of Imitatio Christi, first published in 1715 and again in 1716.

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