De Imitatione Christi et Contemptu Mundi

Pickering edition in a signed binding by Riviere for William Pickering’s son, Basil Montagu Pickering after he took over the family publishing and book-selling business in the 1850s. Crushed black morocco with gilt spine lettering, rubbing to corners. All edges gilt. Marbled endpaper with bookplate to front paste-down. ‘Bound by Riviere’ stamped at tail of verso of first flyleaf with ‘B.M. Pickering’ stamped in tiny lettering at the head of the page. Browning to paper stock. xxii, pp324. An excellent copy of this first edition printed by the Chiswick Press. Calling card of a Portugese monk laid in.