KEMPIS a Thomas, Opera Thomae Campis, cognomento Malleoli, viri pientissimi et religiosissimi,

Opera Thomae Campis, cognomento Malleoli, viri pientissimi et religiosissimi,

sub Canone divi patris Augustini, aucta, & diligentius recognita, suaq, serie reposita. Quibus hac editione accesserunt aliquor tractatus, ad vitae spiritualis perfectionem mirum in modum facientes, quorum catalogum post Epistolam nucupatoriam reperies. Sacrae scripturae citationibus, suis vbique locic nunc primum commode adiectis, amplissimisque rerum maxime illustrium Indicibus adauctis. Antverpiae 1574. in aedibus Philippi Nutij., sub Ciconijs. (17.7 x 11 cm), pp. [16], XI, [1], 378, [8], 156, vignettes, decorative initials, period cloth binding, gilt decoration and lettering on spine.
The works of Thomas a Kempis, enlarged and revised edition. The offered item is enriched with several treatises on perfecting the clerical life. At the end are the sermons of John Tritemius to the monks. The edges of the pages stained. Rubbing of the binding, stamps and own signature, traces of browning on the pages, errors in pagination (pp. 63-64 in the second work omitted), otherwise good condition. Thomas a Kempis (c. 1380-1471) - German monk canon regular, theologian and mystic. Presumed author of On the Imitation of Christ - one of the greatest works of Christian asceticism. John Trithemius, by his own name Johannes von Heidenberg (1462-1516) - German Benedictine monk, polyhistorian, lexicographer, cryptologist and chronicler. 9482/5