Of the Imitation of Christ: In Three Books. Translated from the Latin of Thomas a Kempis. By John Payne.

4 ¼ in. x 6 ¾ in., printed title page: [i]-xxxi, [32]-44 pp., [1]-211 pp. Woodcut tail-pieces in the form of a bee. Preface: pp. [iii]-xxxi ([32] is blank); Contents: pp. [33]-41 ([42] is blank); The Ingenious and Pious Author of the Amaranth, a Collection of Religious Poems, printed 1767, gives the following Account of Thomas a Kempis: pp. [43]-44; text: pp. [1]-211. Bound in full, dark brown, mottled sheep, with a maroon morocco leather title label on the spine, gilt-lettered: THOMAS A KEMPIS, with gilt bands across the spine. Headbands present. Lower fore-edge of the front cover shows some of the leather worn away, with wear, rubbing, to outer hinges, cover margins, edges. Upper corner of the front flyleaf has cracked off, some browning to endpapers, flyleaves, title-page; a few page margins show tears, stains from a pressed flower, at pp. 92-93; general age-related tanning to the paper. Early ink inscription at the top of the title-page: from Sarah C Hawnhurst to Rufus Hazard '6 mo 9th 1828 With the double silhouette bookplate (of Munson & Hetty Ganson Havens) of Cleveland, Ohio based book collector and author, Munson Havens (1873-1942). First American edition of the mid-18th century translation by John Payne.…