De imitatione Christi libri quatuor
Clément Pierre Marillier
(French, 1740–1808)
Joseph de Longueil
(French, 1730–1792)
Thomas à Kempis
(1380–1471)
Joseph Gérard Barbou
(French, 1723–1790)
1764
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with four etching and engravings
DimensionsOverall: 15.8 x 9.5 x 3 cm (6 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession number37.1620
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Paris: J. Barbou, 1764
ProvenanceJohn Duke Coleridge, London (Lord Chief Justice of England, 1820-1894; his inscription on preliminary leaf "JD Coleridge / 1 Sussex Square / 1872"); acquired in 1912 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.