A full deuoute [and] gostely treatyse of y[e] imytacio[n] [and] folowynge y[e] blessyd lyfe of our most mercifull sauiour cryst: co[m]pyled i[n] Laten by the right worshypfull doctor master Iohn Gerson: [and] tra[n]slate into english the yere of our lorde. M. d. ii. by mayster Wyllya[m] atkynson doctor of diuyuyte [sic]: at y[e] speciall request [and] co[m]mau[n]dement of y[e] full excellent pryncesse Margarete moder to our souerayne lorde kynge He[n]ry the .vii. and countesse of Rychemount and Derby [microform].

Uniform Title: Imitatio Christi. English
Additional Titles: Full devoute and gostely treatyse of ye imytacion and folowynge ye blessyd lyfe of our most mercifull saviour cryst
Published: [Enprynted in Lo[n]don : By Wynkyn de Worde i[n] fletestrete at the Sygne of the Sonne, [1518?] [i.e. 1519?]
Physical Description: 232 unnumbered pages
Additional Creators: Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471, Atkinson, William, -1509, Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, 1443-1509, and Gersen, Giovanni, Abbot of Vercelli, active 14th century

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Book 4 colophon reads: Inprynted at london in fletestr[et]e at the signe of the Sonne by Wynkyn de Worde. STC suggests 1519? as publication date.
Book 4 translated by Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby.
Imprint information from colophon of book 3; publication dates suggested by STC.
Reproduction of the original in Cambridge University Library.
Signatures: A-B C-P⁶ Q⁴ ² A-C⁶ (-A1).
The traditional attribution to Thomas à Kempis is disputed.
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Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1981. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1587:08).

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Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) 23956.

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