The Christian's exercise, or Rules to live above the world while we are in it, with meditations, hymns and soliloquies, suited to the several stages of Christian life by Thomas a Kempis & Nelson, Robert - 1715

Charles Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul’s Church Yard, 1717-01-01. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good. 1717 second revised edition, Charles Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul’s Church Yard (London), 5 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches tall brown cloth hardcover, recently rebound, gilt lettering to spine, ribbon marker sewn in, refreshed endpapers, [24], xvi, [16], 440 pp. Lacking frontispiece, but an otherwise complete copy with all six full-page engraved plates. Paper repairs to the tips of the title page and next couple of pages. Prior owner names to title page. Otherwise, apart from some pages with a bit of age toning, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - of this scarce imprint. ESTC (No. T165675) locates only a dozen copies at institutions worldwide. ~KM5~ [1.5P] A translation into English and adaptation of the spiritual writings of Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) in Latin, by English lay religious writer and nonjuror Robert Nelson (1656-1715). Nelson became… Read More