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.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [England] : Printed with licence [by the English secret press], 1615. |
| Description | [16], 422, [30] p. : ill. (woodcuts) |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240904551 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Hoskins, Anthony, 1568-1615. |
| Other author/creator | Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546. |
| Other author/creator | Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153. Epistola de perfectione vitae. English. |
| Other author/creator | Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494 Regulae duodecim portim excitantes portim dirigentes hominem in pugna spirituali. English. |
| Other author/creator | Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471 attributed name. |
| Other author/creator | Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555? |
| Uniform title | Imitatio Christi. English. |
| Variant title | Following of Christ. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | A translation of: Imitatio Christi. |
| General note | The traditional attribution to Thomas à Kempis is disputed. |
| General note | B.F. = Anthony Hoskins. |
| General note | The "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 note | Identification of printer from STC. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 23988. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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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