Kempis, Thomas a The Christian Pattern, or the Imitation of Jesus Christ, Being an Abridgement of the Works of Thomas a Kempis. By a Female Hand. GERMANTOWN, Re-Printed, by Christopher Sowr: London Printed in M.DCC,XLIV., 1749. First American Edition, title-leaf, 278 pp., re-bound in recent period style calf, (a.e.g. from previous 19th century binding) text browned and foxed, else a good copy of this rare title. The first American printing, rare in the market, of "the most widely read devotional manual apart from the Bible, perhaps even surpassing the influence of such books as Pilgrim's Progress and St. Augustine's Confessiones. …An expression of the German-Dutch mystical school of the fifteenth century, its message stressed the humble Christian virtues as they were preached in the Sermon on the Mount. Self-renunciation and the study of the life of Christ are the central points of its instruction. "- Printing and the Mind of Man, 13. "Scarce, as most of the books printed in Germantown were used for cartridges during the Revolution." - Sabin. Evans 6342; Hildeburn 1136; Parsons, Catholic Americana 6; Sabin 37343. Price: USD 4,500.00 other currencies   order no. 476    inquire

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