Of the Imitation of Jesus Christ
A KEMPIS, Thomas
London: William Pickering. 1828.
250x155mm. clx, 389, [3]. Green morocco, gilt border to upper and lower covers, spine lavishly decorated in gilt, tan calf labels lettered in gilt, doublures decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Front pastedown has the armorial bookplate of the Weston Library and the book label of the noted scholar and biblophile A.N.L.Munby with its drawing of the chapel of King's College, Cambridge. Browning to title page caused by the engraved frontispiece opposite but overall a very attractive copy.
250x155mm. clx, 389, [3]. Green morocco, gilt border to upper and lower covers, spine lavishly decorated in gilt, tan calf labels lettered in gilt, doublures decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Front pastedown has the armorial bookplate of the Weston Library and the book label of the noted scholar and biblophile A.N.L.Munby with its drawing of the chapel of King's College, Cambridge. Browning to title page caused by the engraved frontispiece opposite but overall a very attractive copy.