The Christian Pattern; or, A Treatise on the Imitation of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

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1787 'Printed and sold by T. Harper, in Smithy-Door' (Manchester, England), 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 period softbound in brown embossed cloth covers, stab stitching with period string tie, page edges untrimmed, engraved frontispiece, iv, 148, [4] pp. Covers moderately to heavily soiled, rubbed, creased and edgeworn, with edge-chipping, especially to the fore edges. Slight mostly marginal staining and foxing throughout. Otherwise, a remarkable specimen of an eighteenth century softcover edition of an exceedingly rare Manchester, England imprint of one of Christendom's most beloved devotional works. The English Short Title Catalog (No. N52386) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide, at Harvard, and OCLC (No. 1055976656) locates one other copy at the University of Manchester. ~KM5~ [1.0P] A rare 1787 Manchester, England issue of an English translation of The Imitation of Christ, here called The Christian Pattern. Though not denominated as a Catholic imprint, it includes all four books of The Imitation, though many Protestant translators then omitted Book Four, on the Holy Mass, as being 'too Popish.' This was during a time of Catholic recusancy in England, so explicitly Catholic books were banned, and this may be why printer T. Harper does not use his full name. The Imitation of Christ was written by Catholic monk Thomas a Kempis (circa 1380-1471), as four separate books completed between 1420 and 1427, at Mount Saint Agnes monastery, in the town of Windesheim, located in what is now the Netherlands. He wrote these works for the instruction of novices of his Augustinian monastic order, followers of Geert Groote's Brethren of the Common Life. But the writings quickly became popular among all the literate faithful. There is probably no other book apart from the Bible which has been printed in so many editions and translations. N° de ref. del artículo KM5-0112-11742

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