[Religion] The Imitation of Christ, commonly attributed to T - Lot 47

[Religion] The Imitation of Christ, commonly attributed to Thomas A Kempis, a canon regular; translated faithfully from Latin into French by Philippe Chifflet, Abbé of Balerne, Vicar General and Canon of the Metropolitan Church of Besançon. Antwerp, Plantinian Press, 1644, 8vo, bound in full calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, split joints, lower cap missing, double gilt fillet framing the covers, gilt edges. Illustrated with a beautiful frontispiece and 5 separate plates by Nicolaus vander Horst, engraved by Cornelius Galle, with watermarks and the printer’s mark of Christophe Plantin at the end of the volume. Bookplate of D. Godefroy and a handwritten bookplate by Jules Bobin, bibliophile and bookseller, friend and executor of Huysmans’ will. Enclosed: 3 volumes in-32, bound in full shagreen, ribbed spines, gilt edges: - *Petit mois de Saint Joseph*. Limoges, Dalpayrat and Depelley, undated, frontispiece, one quire unbound. - *Petit mois du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus-Hostie* by Abbé J. Marandat. Limoges, Dalpayrat and Depelley, undated, frontispiece. - *Imitation of Jesus Christ*. Tours, 1889, frontispiece. Appraiser: Cabinet Valleriaux contact@valleriaux.com Please request the condition reports: they are not included in the descriptions.