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Imitatio Christi

ISTC No.ii00006000
TitleImitatio Christi
Imprint[Louvain] : Johannes de Westfalia, [between 1484/85 and 1487]
Imprint[about 1485]
Format4°
NotesReproductions of the watermarks found in the paper used in this edition are provided by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands.
Dated in HPT. Polain dates about 1485
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
Reference worksGoff: Goff, Frederick R. Incunabula in American libraries: a third census. Millwood (N.Y.), 1973. (Reproduced from the annotated copy of the original edition (New York, 1964) maintained by Goff). (Supplement. New York, 1972.) I6
HC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 9083
Camp: Campbell, M.F.A.G. Annales de la typographie néerlandaise au XVe siècle. La Haye, 1874. Numbers in brackets are from the 10th supplement: L. and W. Hellinga. ‘Additions and notes to Campbell’s Annales and GW’. Beiträge zur Inkunabelkunde, Dritte Folge 1 (1965) pp.76-86. 803
ILC: Incunabula printed in the Low Countries. Edited by Gerard van Thienen & John Goldfinch. Nieuwkoop, 1999. 1262
Pell Ms: Pellechet, Marie and Polain, M.L. Catalogue général … (MS of unpublished volumes, reproduced from the original now in the Bibliothèque Nationale.) 23 vols. Nendeln, 1970. (The MS number is quoted first, followed by the number added for the printed edition quoted in parentheses except after 10438 (10196), where the MS numeration ceases). 6217 (6193)
CIBN: Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue des incunables. T. I (Xylographes, A-G); T. II (H-Z). Paris, 1981-2014. T-227
Elliott-Loose: Elliott-Loose, Ghislaine. Les incunables des anciens Pays-Bas conservés à la Réserve … de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Bordeaux, 1976. 307
Arnoult: Arnoult, Jean-Marie. Catalogues régionaux des incunables des Bibliothèques publiques de France. Vol.I: Bibliothèques de la Région Champagne-Ardenne. Bordeaux, 1979. 838
Polain(B): Polain, M.-Louis. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique. 5 vols. Bruxelles, 1932-78. 2046
IBP: Incunabula quae in bibliothecis Poloniae asservantur. Moderante Alodia Kawecka-Gryczowa. Composuerunt Maria Bohonos and Eliza Sandorowska. 2 vols. Wrocław, 1970. (Addenda, Indices. Wrocław, 1993). 3031
IDL: Incunabula in Dutch libraries. Editor-in-chief Gerard van Thienen. 2 vols. Nieuwkoop, 1983. (Supplement [in preparation]). 4314
Walsh: Walsh, James E. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library. 5 vols. Binghamton NY, Tempe AZ, 1991-95. (Supplement ... , by David R. Whitesell. Harvard Library Bulletin 16 nos. 1-2 (2005)). 3929
Rhodes(Oxford Colleges): Rhodes, Dennis E. A catalogue of incunabula in all the libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian. Oxford, 1982. 955
Pr: Proctor, Robert. An index to the early printed books in the British Museum from the invention of printing to the year MD, with notes of those in the Bodleian Library. 2 vols. London, 1898. 4 supplements, 1899-1902. (Part II, MDI-MDXX, Germany, London, 1903). 9273
BMC: Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum [British Library]. 13 parts. London, ’t Goy-Houten, 1963-2007. (Pts I-IX reproduced from the working copies of the original edition (London, 1908-62) annotated at the Museum). IX 154
GW: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Bd. I [etc.] Stuttgart, etc., 1968- [in progress]. (Vols. 1-7 reproduced with additions and corrections from the original edition (Leipzig, etc., 1925-38)). [See also GW Manuskript - GW M: http://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de] M46737
show abbreviated references
Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln
WatermarksWatermarks in Incunabula printed in the Low Countries (WILC)

Holdings

BelgiumBrussels, Royal Library of Belgium (2)
Liège, Bibliothèque du séminaire
Louvain-la-Neuve, Bibliothèque de l’Université catholique
Mons, BU
Namur, Société archéologique
FranceParis, Bibliothèque de Sainte-Geneviève
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Reims BM
Versailles, Bibliothèque Municipale
GermanyBerlin, Staatsbibliothek (imperfect)
Darmstadt, Universitäts und Landesbibliothek (Inc.II-556)
Köln USB
The NetherlandsCuyk Kruisheren
Utrecht, University Library (379)
PolandGdańsk, Polish Academy of Sciences
RussiaSt Petersburg, National Library of Russia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandArmagh PL
Cambridge, St John's College
Chatsworth, Chatsworth House, Devonshire Collections, Library
London, British Library (IA.49264)
Oxford, Magdalen College
United States of AmericaCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library
Number of holding institutions22
Last Edit2023-11-01 12:00:00.00
 


Imitatio Christi

ISTC No.ii00006000
TitleImitatio Christi
Imprint[Louvain] : Johannes de Westfalia, [between 1484/85 and 1487]
Imprint[about 1485]
Format4°
NotesReproductions of the watermarks found in the paper used in this edition are provided by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands.
Dated in HPT. Polain dates about 1485
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
Reference worksGoff: Goff, Frederick R. Incunabula in American libraries: a third census. Millwood (N.Y.), 1973. (Reproduced from the annotated copy of the original edition (New York, 1964) maintained by Goff). (Supplement. New York, 1972.) I6
HC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 9083
Camp: Campbell, M.F.A.G. Annales de la typographie néerlandaise au XVe siècle. La Haye, 1874. Numbers in brackets are from the 10th supplement: L. and W. Hellinga. ‘Additions and notes to Campbell’s Annales and GW’. Beiträge zur Inkunabelkunde, Dritte Folge 1 (1965) pp.76-86. 803
ILC: Incunabula printed in the Low Countries. Edited by Gerard van Thienen & John Goldfinch. Nieuwkoop, 1999. 1262
Pell Ms: Pellechet, Marie and Polain, M.L. Catalogue général … (MS of unpublished volumes, reproduced from the original now in the Bibliothèque Nationale.) 23 vols. Nendeln, 1970. (The MS number is quoted first, followed by the number added for the printed edition quoted in parentheses except after 10438 (10196), where the MS numeration ceases). 6217 (6193)
CIBN: Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue des incunables. T. I (Xylographes, A-G); T. II (H-Z). Paris, 1981-2014. T-227
Elliott-Loose: Elliott-Loose, Ghislaine. Les incunables des anciens Pays-Bas conservés à la Réserve … de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Bordeaux, 1976. 307
Arnoult: Arnoult, Jean-Marie. Catalogues régionaux des incunables des Bibliothèques publiques de France. Vol.I: Bibliothèques de la Région Champagne-Ardenne. Bordeaux, 1979. 838
Polain(B): Polain, M.-Louis. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique. 5 vols. Bruxelles, 1932-78. 2046
IBP: Incunabula quae in bibliothecis Poloniae asservantur. Moderante Alodia Kawecka-Gryczowa. Composuerunt Maria Bohonos and Eliza Sandorowska. 2 vols. Wrocław, 1970. (Addenda, Indices. Wrocław, 1993). 3031
IDL: Incunabula in Dutch libraries. Editor-in-chief Gerard van Thienen. 2 vols. Nieuwkoop, 1983. (Supplement [in preparation]). 4314
Walsh: Walsh, James E. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library. 5 vols. Binghamton NY, Tempe AZ, 1991-95. (Supplement ... , by David R. Whitesell. Harvard Library Bulletin 16 nos. 1-2 (2005)). 3929
Rhodes(Oxford Colleges): Rhodes, Dennis E. A catalogue of incunabula in all the libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian. Oxford, 1982. 955
Pr: Proctor, Robert. An index to the early printed books in the British Museum from the invention of printing to the year MD, with notes of those in the Bodleian Library. 2 vols. London, 1898. 4 supplements, 1899-1902. (Part II, MDI-MDXX, Germany, London, 1903). 9273
BMC: Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum [British Library]. 13 parts. London, ’t Goy-Houten, 1963-2007. (Pts I-IX reproduced from the working copies of the original edition (London, 1908-62) annotated at the Museum). IX 154
GW: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Bd. I [etc.] Stuttgart, etc., 1968- [in progress]. (Vols. 1-7 reproduced with additions and corrections from the original edition (Leipzig, etc., 1925-38)). [See also GW Manuskript - GW M: http://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de] M46737
show abbreviated references
Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln
WatermarksWatermarks in Incunabula printed in the Low Countries (WILC)

Holdings

BelgiumBrussels, Royal Library of Belgium (2)
Liège, Bibliothèque du séminaire
Louvain-la-Neuve, Bibliothèque de l’Université catholique
Mons, BU
Namur, Société archéologique
FranceParis, Bibliothèque de Sainte-Geneviève
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Reims BM
Versailles, Bibliothèque Municipale
GermanyBerlin, Staatsbibliothek (imperfect)
Darmstadt, Universitäts und Landesbibliothek (Inc.II-556)
Köln USB
The NetherlandsCuyk Kruisheren
Utrecht, University Library (379)
PolandGdańsk, Polish Academy of Sciences
RussiaSt Petersburg, National Library of Russia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandArmagh PL
Cambridge, St John's College
Chatsworth, Chatsworth House, Devonshire Collections, Library
London, British Library (IA.49264)
Oxford, Magdalen College
United States of AmericaCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library
Number of holding institutions22
Last Edit2023-11-01 12:00:00.00