The Imitation of Christ [1924 French edition] by Thomas Kempis C.I. Paton The origins of this publication

The origins of this publication remain uncertain

The suits follow the convention used in German playing cards of that period

an important and scarce first edition  of this sympathetic study of occult and mystical religious practices

Condition: boards with some shelf ware

The Imitation of Christ [1924 French edition] by Thomas Kempis C.I. Paton The origins of this publicationImitation de Jsus Christ, traduite en franois (Imitation of Jesus Christ, translated into French) by Thomas A. Kempis Publishing: 1724, at the shop of Nicolas Gosselin, Grand Salle with Royal Privilege An early eighteenth century Paris edition of Thomas A. Kempiss Imitatio Christi, illustrated with an engraved crucifixion frontispiece and four additional copperplates. Considered the most influential devotional text of the later Middle Ages. First