| Title | De imitatione Christi | Translate |
| Type | Book | Translate |
| Imprint | Parisii : per Magistrum petrum le Dru | Translate |
| Year | Anno d[omi]ni millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimo octavo. die vero vitima mensis Aprilis [30 Apr. 1498] | Translate |
| Technique | illustration (woodcut) | Translate |
| Size | 14 cm (8vo) | Translate |
| Annotation | Title from title page (leaf [a]1 recto). Woodcut illustration on title page: Crucifixion with the Virgin, St. John, and others to the right of the Cross, while on the left is a group of soldiers with their weapons, watching. Incipit (leaf [a]2 recto: Incipit liber primus Johannis gerson cancellarii parisiensis. De imitatione Christi [et] de conte[m]ptu o[mn]i[u]m vanitatum mundi. Attribution to Johannes Gerson is much disputed. Commonly attributed to Thomas à Kempis. 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) Publication statement from colophon (leaf m8 recto): Completum est opusculum, exaratumq[ue] Parisii per Magistrum petrum le Dru co[m]morantem In vico maturinorum. Anno d[omi]ni millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimo octavo. die vero vitima mensis Aprilis. Contains also (leaf l7 verso-leaf m5 verso): Tractatus de meditatione cordis. Explicit: (leaf l7 recto): Explicit liber quartus et vltimus de sacramentis altaris. // Johannis gerson cancellarii parisie[n]sis de co[n]te[m]ptu o[mn]i[u]m vanitatum mundi deuotum [et] vtile opusculum finit. // Sequitur tractatus de meditatione cordis ab eodem M. iohanne de gersono. Leaf m5 verso-m8 recto: table of contents, with caption: Tabula capitolorum libri istius, Capitula libri primi. Signatures: [a]⁸ b-m⁸; [a]1v and m8v are blank. Incunabula short title catalogue, Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, Incunabula in Dutch Libraries, Backer, A. de. Essai bibliographique sur le livre De imitatione Christi, Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium bibliographicum, Polain, M.-L. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique, Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d’Italia, Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum (1963-1971 edition), ii00034000 M46784 4325 49 3235 2068 5126 8317 191 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION WITHOUT LOCAL DATA OF ANY INSTITUTION. PLEASE DO NO MATCH OR MERGE WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF SAME MANIFESTION CONTAINING LOCAL DATA OF ANY INSTITUTION. | Translate |
| Location | Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht | Translate |
| Call number | Rariora duod 529 | Translate |
| Publisher | Le Dru, Pierre | Translate |
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