Imitatione Christi. Libri Quatuor, Ad Manuscriptorum Ac Primarum Editionum Fidem Castigati Et Mendis Plus Sexcentis Expurgati.|De Printing History,Typography

8vo. contemporary full leather, gilt border on boards, title on spine, marbled pastedowns and endpaper, all edges gilt. Frontispiece, xxxii,323,(5), 16 foldout plates; Frontispiece;(ii),xliv,(ii),306 pages. Second edition (the first was 1758). Wear to the hinges, edges, and spine. Rubbing to the leather binding. Exlibris bookplate of the United Presbyterian College on the front pastedown. Small 18th-century ownership inscription in ink at the top of the title page. Internally a near fine copy. Engraved frontispiece and four full-page engravings throughout by Marillier. Excellent typography, with the end explicitly announcing that the book was printed with types from Monsieur Fournier Le Jeune. (Simon-Pierre Fournier). Wood-engraved head and tail pieces throughout by Papillon. contemporary full leather, gilt border on boards, title on spine, marbled pastedowns and endpaper, all edges gilt