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Rules to live above the world [electronic resource] : while we are in it. The first part; being the...

Rules to live above the world [electronic resource] : while we are in it. The first part; being the...

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Rules to live above the world [electronic resource] : while we are in it. The first part; being the childrens manual. Containing holy instructions & meditations for the forming the minds of children According to the true Christian Pattern. Compendiously deliver'd near three hundred years since, by the devout Thomas a Kempis. Now reformed for the use of schools. Together with the Alphabet of a Scholar in the School of Christ.

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Rules to live above the world [electronic resource] : while we are in it. The first part; being the childrens manual. Containing holy instructions & meditations for the forming the minds of children According to the true Christian Pattern. Compendiously deliver'd near three hundred years since, by the devout Thomas a Kempis. Now reformed for the use of schools. Together with the Alphabet of a Scholar in the School of Christ.

Publisher

London : printed for Richard Smith, at Bishop Beveridge's Head in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXVI. [1716]

Uniform title

Imitatio Christi. Selections. English

Date

MDCCXVI. [1716]

Record Identifier

74VvBNy3PmeX

MMS ID

991016500539702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[22],xvi,[16],440p.,plates : ill. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for Richard Smith, at Bishop Beveridge's Head in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXVI. [1716]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCXVI. [1716]

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

Rules to live above the world [electronic resource] : while we are in it. The first part; being the childrens manual. Containing holy instructions & meditations for the forming the minds of children According to the true Christian Pattern. Compendiously deliver'd near three hundred years since, by the devout Thomas a Kempis. Now reformed for the us...

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Notes

General note

A translation of: Imitatio Christi.

In four parts each with a separate titlepage; pagination and register are continuous.

Includes: 'A collection of several small pieces, both in prose and verse. .. ' also with a separate titlepage and with continuous pagination and register.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

The traditional attribution to Thomas à Kempis is disputed....

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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Record Identifier

74VvBNy3PmeX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvBNy3PmeX

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MMS ID

991016500539702626