Imitatio Christi
ISTC No.ii00004000
TitleImitatio Christi
Imprint[Augsburg] : Günther Zainer, [before 5 June] 1473
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NotesOften found with Goff A1089, A1225, A1333 (incl. A1337), E106, G221, H179, H192 and P1001, in any combination. Some copies of the set (e.g. Windsor RL) have a separate small leaf with a collective title of the ten tracts (see BMC, reprint). The collection has H192 with rubricator's date of '72' in a private collection in USA (Roland Folter); previously dated before 5 June 1473 from the rubrication date ('1473 vigil pentec') of the Sammelband in Munich
On the attribution to Thomas à Kempis see A. Ampe, L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ et son auteur (Roma, 1973) and R.R. Post, The Modern Devotion (Leiden, 1968) pp.520-536 (CIBN)
Language of itemlat
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Fac: London, Stock, 1893:
Holdings
AT
(Ink 2°227)
(Ink 114-2)
BE
DK
FR (2)
DE
(2)
(2)
(I32)
Leipzig BVerwG
(Liberna, Inc 59 - imperfect)
(4)
(2)
(4)
HU
IEDublin, Milltown Park (imperfect)
IT
(D'Elci 764)
JPHiroshima University of Economics
Suita, Kansai UL
NL (Current location unknown)
(169 C 14-16)
(II 256)
PL
RU
SKBratislava Akad
SI
CH
(2)
GBCambridge, University Library (acquisition 1987, ULC 876.5, not in Oates)
Cambridge, St John's College (2)
Cambridge, Trinity College
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (10209)
Oxford, Bodleian Library (2)
Windsor, Royal Library
(C.10.c.16 = IB.5542)
(G.12084 = IB.5543)
USProvo UT, Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library
Williamstown MA, Williams College, Chapin Library
Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (2)
(2, 1 var)
VA (Stamp.Ross.2137)
noofcopies87
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