Soliloquium animae ; the sole-talke of the soule: or, a spirituall and heauenly dialogue, betwixt the soule of man and God. Which, for the great affinitie it hath with other books of the author published heretofore in our natiue tongue, is now entituled, The fourth booke of the Imitation of Christ. Translated and corrected by Thomas Rogers.

Soliloquium animae ; the sole-talke of the soule: or, a spirituall and heauenly dialogue, betwixt the soule of man and God. Which, for the great affinitie it hath with other books of the author published heretofore in our natiue tongue, is now entituled, The fourth booke of the Imitation of Christ. Translated and corrected by Thomas Rogers.

Soliloquium animae. English
Imitatio Christi.

London : Printed by H. Lownes, and R. Young, 1628.

[12], 123 [i.e. 223], [5] p. ; (12mo)

By Thomas à Kempis, whose name appears on A3r. The traditional attribution of the "Imitatio" to Thomas is disputed.

The words "The fourth .. Christ." are enclosed in brackets on title page.

The first leaf is blank.

Running title reads: The fourth booke of the Imitation of Christ.

P. 223 misnumbered 123.

In this edition A3r line 1 begins: BEing.

Frequently bound with an edition of: Imitatio Christi.

Signatures: A⁶ B-K¹² L⁶.

STC says "(1629)". No colophon seen; KFP queried.
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Signatures from DFo.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 23999
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S2363

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 23999 Bd.w. STC 23984

HH127/7.2. HH127/12. Pencilled manuscript notes. Lacking blank leaf A1. Cropped, affecting side-notes. Bd.w.: Of the imitation of Christ. London, 1629. Provenance: anonymous engraved armorial bookplate of Baron Amherst of Hackney (motto "victoria concordia crescit"); autograph of J. Burleigh James (?); Harmsworth copy