[A'KEMPIS, THOMAS]. Counsels Selected from the Imitation of Christ. Selected and Illuminated by K. K. "London R. Hardwicke & G. Wakeling N.d. 8vo., publisher's green cloth over beveled boards with giltdecoration and titling on the upper cover, repeated in blind on the lower cover; a.e.g. FIRST EDITION (there were copies bound in brown cloth as well, according to Waddleton). Tipped-in "Notice" and Errata Slip at the front.The compiler-illuminator, a certain K. K. of Tunbridge Wells, has employed black-type for the central text, which is placed within a three-sided, decorative gothic double-border PRINTED IN GOLD, within which one line of text is printed in large red gothic type. The fourth outer gold border is composed of a floral vine. Each page has a decorated initial letter printed in red and complimentary line fillers. The chapter openers are further decorated with flowers, fruit and leafy vines in natural colors. A most attractive example of mid-Victorian chromolithography by an anonymous-but-pious person also responsible for a similar work entitled, The Changed Cross. See: Waddleton Chronology p. 166. PUBLISHED FOR THE ILLUMINATOR" Price: USD 275.00 other currencies    inquire

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