{"product_id":"hand-colored-fine-binding-ramage-the-imitation-of-christ","title":"[Hand Colored | Fine Binding | Ramage] The Imitation of Christ","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eKempis, Thomas à. \u003cem\u003eThe Imitation of Christ. From the Latin of Thomas à Kempis, with an Introduction by the Venerable F. W. Farrar, D.D., and Five Designs by C. M. Gere.\u003c\/em\u003e London: Methuen and Co., 1896. With five designs by C. M. Gere, all delicately hand-colored in this copy. Extra-illustrated with six inserted tissue-covered chromolithographic plates, primarily of saints. \u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound in full brown crushed morocco by Ramage with central gilt IHS monogram, spine with raised bands and gilt title. Elaborate gilt-rolled turn-ins with light pastel marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. (\"IHS\" is the traditional Christogram, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus and long used as a devotional emblem.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBookplate of Henry Fane Haylett Sewell, dated 1906, to front pastedown. Measures approx. 4.5\" x 6.5\". Some minor rubbing to joints, edges, and corners. Hinges and joints sound. Small chip to upper spine tip. Some sporadic pencil annotations in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46515119194308,"sku":null,"price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/files\/DSC_0167_ba6d065b-b505-48bf-9e0d-732ea514926d.jpg?v=1788538999","url":"https:\/\/www.underthehillbooks.com\/products\/hand-colored-fine-binding-ramage-the-imitation-of-christ","provider":"Under the Hill Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}