In preparing this edition of The Imitation of Christ, the aim was to achieve a simple, readable text which would ring true to those who are already lovers of this incomparable book and would attract others to it.
Copyright: Public Domain
CCEL Identifier: ccel/kempis/imitation/1.06
How to Reference This Edition: Wheaton, IL: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 1998-12-10, v1.06, URL http://ccel.wheaton.edu/k/kempis/imitation2/About.htm
First Published:ca. 1400
Pub History:
This book had been published in over 6000 editions by 1900 -- more than one per month for 500 years. It has been called the most-published of all books other than the Bible.
Comments:A copyright renewal search did not find record of copyright renewal for the source edition of this text.
Published:Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Company, 1949, c1940.
Copy Location:Book in private collection of Harry Plantinga.
Editorial Comments:Unambiguous end-of-line hyphens removed.
Revision History: v1.06, 1999-01-26, updated for voyager/xml, dtd0.992 v1.05, 1998-12-31, updated for template 0.99 v1.02, 1998-09-22, updated for template v0.97 and validated v1.01, 1998-08-19, updated for template v0.93 v1.0, 1998-08-03, Initial ThML version Original, 1994
Status: Preliminary released version has been proofread and is pretty clean. Names and scripture references have been marked, but only token index entries added. Uses a preliminary version of ThML; subject to change.
| Element | Scheme | Content |
| DC.Title.Main | The Imitation of Christ | |
| DC.Title.Alternative | Imitatio Christi. English. | |
| DC.Creator | Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471 | |
| DC.Creator.Alternative | Kempis, Thomas à | |
| DC.Subject | LCSH | Meditations. |
| DC.Subject | CCEL | Classics; Mysticism; Roman Catholic; Recommended |
| DC.Description | In preparing this edition of The Imitation of Christ, the aim was to achieve a simple, readable text which would ring true to those who are already lovers of this incomparable book and would attract others to it. | |
| DC.Publisher | Wheaton, IL: Christian Classics Ethereal Library | |
| DC.Publisher.Address | URL | mailto:ccel@wheaton.edu |
| DC.Publisher | CCEL | CCEL |
| DC.Contributor.Transcriber | CCEL | whp |
| DC.Date.Created | ISO8601 | 1998-12-10 |
| DC.Type | Text.Monograph | |
| DC.Format | IMT | text/html |
| DC.Identifier | CCEL | ccel/kempis/imitation.htm |
| DC.Identifier | http://ccel.wheaton.edu/k/kempis/imitation2/About.htm | |
| DC.Subject | LCCS | BV4821.A1 1949 |
| DC.Subject | DDC | 241.1 |
| DC.Source | Print edition | Project Gutenberg |
| DC.Source | Published | Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Company, 1949, c1940. |
| DC.Language | ISO639-1 | en |
| DC.Rights | Public Domain |