(KEMPIS, THOMAS À.) De Imitatione Christi Libri IV.
Folio (38 * 28cm), half-title, engraved engraved title-frontispiece produced by Claude Mellan after Jacques Stella, pp. 550. Bound by Charles Hering, arguably the greatest of the German immigrant binders who came to London during the 19th century, in dark blue straight-grain morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt. Published by Imprimerie Royale (Paris), 1640.
A clean copy with wide margins. A near fine example.
A handsome example of the first book to be printed by the Imprimerie Royale established at the Louvre in 1640 by Cardinal Richelieu, after seven years and a total investment of 360,000 livres. Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) served as Chief Minister to King Louis XIII from 1624 until his death in 1642.
This Christian devotional work was first produced in Latin in 1418. After the bible, it is the most widely reprinted book. "This little book never left me, in summer in my pocket, in winter in my sleeve. I knew almost all the chapters by heart." (Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux.)
This copy has notable provenance containing the armorial bookplate of Richard Neave (1731-1814), British Merchant and a Governor of the Bank of England.
The Bookbinder, Charles Hering, was born in Göttingen, and emigrated to London where he was working by 1794. “He established a successful binding business, patronized by many leading collectors, which was continued after his death by family members until 1845.” (ODNB.)
[Brunet III, 415.]
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.
Folio (38 * 28cm), half-title, engraved engraved title-frontispiece produced by Claude Mellan after Jacques Stella, pp. 550. Bound by Charles Hering, arguably the greatest of the German immigrant binders who came to London during the 19th century, in dark blue straight-grain morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt. Published by Imprimerie Royale (Paris), 1640.
A clean copy with wide margins. A near fine example.
A handsome example of the first book to be printed by the Imprimerie Royale established at the Louvre in 1640 by Cardinal Richelieu, after seven years and a total investment of 360,000 livres. Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) served as Chief Minister to King Louis XIII from 1624 until his death in 1642.
This Christian devotional work was first produced in Latin in 1418. After the bible, it is the most widely reprinted book. "This little book never left me, in summer in my pocket, in winter in my sleeve. I knew almost all the chapters by heart." (Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux.)
This copy has notable provenance containing the armorial bookplate of Richard Neave (1731-1814), British Merchant and a Governor of the Bank of England.
The Bookbinder, Charles Hering, was born in Göttingen, and emigrated to London where he was working by 1794. “He established a successful binding business, patronized by many leading collectors, which was continued after his death by family members until 1845.” (ODNB.)
[Brunet III, 415.]
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.
Folio (38 * 28cm), half-title, engraved engraved title-frontispiece produced by Claude Mellan after Jacques Stella, pp. 550. Bound by Charles Hering, arguably the greatest of the German immigrant binders who came to London during the 19th century, in dark blue straight-grain morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt. Published by Imprimerie Royale (Paris), 1640.
A clean copy with wide margins. A near fine example.
A handsome example of the first book to be printed by the Imprimerie Royale established at the Louvre in 1640 by Cardinal Richelieu, after seven years and a total investment of 360,000 livres. Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) served as Chief Minister to King Louis XIII from 1624 until his death in 1642.
This Christian devotional work was first produced in Latin in 1418. After the bible, it is the most widely reprinted book. "This little book never left me, in summer in my pocket, in winter in my sleeve. I knew almost all the chapters by heart." (Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux.)
This copy has notable provenance containing the armorial bookplate of Richard Neave (1731-1814), British Merchant and a Governor of the Bank of England.
The Bookbinder, Charles Hering, was born in Göttingen, and emigrated to London where he was working by 1794. “He established a successful binding business, patronized by many leading collectors, which was continued after his death by family members until 1845.” (ODNB.)
[Brunet III, 415.]
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.