THOMAS A KEMPIS. Lot n° 38

From imitation Christi. Paris, Sébastien Martin, 1657. - SCUPOLI (Lorenzo). Pugna spiritualis. Ibid, 1662. - Tractatus de pace animæ. S.l.n.d. - Semita paradisi. Ibid. 1662. 4 single volume small in-12, red morocco, gilt lace, decorated spine, brown morocco lining with gilt lace, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Pretty edition printed in Richelieu's microscopic typeface, to which three spiritual treatises printed in the same typeface in 1662 have been added. A frontispiece drawn and engraved by François Chauveau opens the Spiritual Warfare of Scupoli. It was formerly colored. A finely bound and lined copy by Luc-Antoine Boyet. The roulette wheel decorating the plates and the lining is reproduced in the inventory of Boyet's gilder's irons drawn up by Isabelle de Conihout and Pascal Ract-Madoux (Masterpieces of the Musée Condé, 2002, p. 110, E iron). From the Alfred Piat Library (1898, I, no. 81). Restored caps and corners, renewed white guards, marginal wetness and a few small freckles. De Backer, n°260 - Delaveau & Sordet, n°311 - Debure, n°542. We enclose : Les Pseaumes de David. Paris, Josse et Delespine, 1740. In-18, green morocco, gilt roulette and chain, ornate spine, inside lace, gilt edges (18th century binding). New edition of the translation by Antoine Lemaistre and Nicolas Le Tourneux, decorated with a frontispiece engraved by Gissey after J.-B. de Champaigne. Minor rubbing at the binding, small scattered freckles.