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De l'imitation de Jesus-Christ. Traduction nouvelle. Par le Sieur de Beüil, prieur de Saint Val.

Accession number
PML 6164
Uniform title
Imitatio Christi. French.
Published
Paris : Guillaume Desprez, imprimeur & libraire ordinaire du roy, M. DC. XC. [1690]
Credit line
Pierpont Morgan,
Description
618 pages : illustrations (4 engraved plates) ; 20 cm (8vo)
Notes
4 engraved plates, unpaginated, included before title page and books two (p. 143), three (p. 209), and four (p. 489).
First plate, "De l'Imitation de Iesvs Christ" signed "Baugin delin.," illegible statement at right, and "A Paris Chez Charles Saureux
Binding
Contemporary French red morocco, with gilt marriage armorial of Mary of Modena and her eagle emblem.
Provenance
Mary of Modena, armorial binding; Dijon, Visitandines, inscription: "Ce livre est de M.tire de la Visitation Ste Marie de Dijon," with a likely related inscription but in a different hand: "a soeur Rosalie Nicolle," 18th/19th century (front endleaf recto)
Classification
Century
Department