Imitation de Jésus-Christ. Traduction du R.P. Lallemand. Nouvelle édition.

  • Thomas à Kempis
  • Paris: L. Lesort 1866

£65

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Description

16mo, pp. xxiv, 192 (final page misnumbered as 219) + frontispiece. Full brown morocco binding by Lesort, spine divided by raised bands, lettered in gilt, other compartments bordered with gilt rule, boards blocked with central oval decoration in gilt, bordered with blind rule, green silk bookmark, patterned gold endpapers, red edges. A touch of spotting and toning, mainly to flyleaves. Slightly rubbed to extremities. Gift inscription to front flyleaf dated 19 April 1866.

Notes

A handsome little edition of this popular text, published and bound by the French bookseller and bookbinder Lesort. This copy was presented to a girl called Isabelle on the occasion of her first communion, dated 1866.

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