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The Earliest English Translation of the First Three Books of the de Imitatione Christi: Now First Printed from a Ms. in the Library of Trinity ... Library, Cambridge (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
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Tm: present volume contains three translations of portions of the treatise De Imitation Christi. The first, which will be generally referred to as the Old Version, by an unknown author, has never before been printed. The second is the work of Dr. William Atkynson 1; it was executed at the desire of Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, the mother of King Henry the Seventh. Both these translations contain only the first three Books of the Imitation. The remaining version here given is of Book IV. ('de Sacramento, ' or Devota Exhortatio ad sacram Communionem which is third in order in the autograph of 1441 it was made by Margaret herself from the French, and was printed, along with Atkynson's version of the three preceding Books, by Wynkyn de Words in 1504. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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