L'Imitazione Di Cristo in Italiano Nuova, E Piu? Fedele Traduzione, Arrichita Di Riflessioni, Pratiche, E Preghiere Alla Fine Di Ciaschedun Capitolo

Nella Stamperia Reale, 1760-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. In Italian. 1761 Nella Stamperia Reale (Turin, Italy), 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches tall brown marbled paper-covered boards over leather spine and tips, gilt-stamped black and red leather labels to spine, engraved title page, [8], 515, [1] pp., complete, with half-title and imprimatur page at end. Minor rubbing, bumping and edgewear to covers, with papere shelf label to spine. 19th century prior owner names to front free-endpaper. Pencil notation to front pastedown. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of a scarce 18th century Italian translation of this classic. ~RRR~ The Imitation of Christ (Latin: De Imitatione Christi) is a Catholic devotional book. It was first composed (or at least transcribed) in Latin circa 1418-1427 by Thomas Kempis, a member of the Brothers of the Common Life (known as the Devotio Moderna movement) in what is now the Netherlands. It is a handbook for spiritual life, the most widely read devotional work next to the Bible and, apart from the Bible, one of the most widely translated and reprinted works in history.