The follovving of Christ : Diuided into foure bookes. Written in Latin by the learned and deuout man, Thomas a Kempis, canon-regular of the order of S. Augustine. Whereunto also is added the golden Epistle of S. Bernard. And also certaine rules of a Christian life, made by Iohn Picus the elder, Earle of Mirandula. Translated into English by B.F.

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Publication Info[England] : Printed with licence [by the English secret press], 1615.
Description[16], 422, [30] p. : ill. (woodcuts)
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Other author/creatorHoskins, Anthony, 1568-1615.
Other author/creatorElyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
Other author/creatorBernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153. Epistola de perfectione vitae. English.
Other author/creatorPico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494 Regulae duodecim portim excitantes portim dirigentes hominem in pugna spirituali. English.
Other author/creatorThomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471 attributed name.
Other author/creatorWhitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?
Uniform titleImitatio Christi. English.
Variant title Following of Christ.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteA translation of: Imitatio Christi.
General noteThe traditional attribution to Thomas à Kempis is disputed.
General noteB.F. = Anthony Hoskins.
General noteThe "Golden epistle" is a translation by Richard Whitford of "Epistola de perfectione vitae"; the rules are a translation by Sir Thomas Elyot of "Regulae duodecim portim excitantes portim dirigentes hominem in pugna spirituali". Both are revised and reprinted from STC 23968.
General noteIdentification of printer from STC.
General noteReproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
References STC (2nd ed.) 23988.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1643:10)
Other title Epistola de perfectione vitae. English.
Other title Regulae duodecim portim excitantes portim dirigentes hominem in pugna spirituali. English.
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