SAN BERNARDINO; AUSTIN, Robert (illustrator); HARRISON, Ada (editor).
Examples of San Bernardino of Siena chosen by Ada Harrison. Illustrated by Robert Austin.
London, Gerald Howe, 1926.
Saint Bernardine of Siena, (1380-1444; canonised 1450; feast day May 20), Franciscan theologian and preacher of great eloquence who, with Saints John of Capistrano and James of the March, led the growth of the Observants, a strict branch of the Franciscan order that subsequently spread throughout Europe.
Bernardine became a priest in 1404 but did not begin his renowned preaching tours through Italy until 1417. Appalled by the breakdown in morals, the lawlessness, and the civil strife that resulted from the Great Western Schism, he strove to restore morals by inculcating a deep personal love of Jesus Christ.
Number 3 of 105 limited edition copies on handmade paper signed by the illustrator; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); signed and numbered in pen to limitation page, woodcut illustrations and initials, slight spotting to fore-edge; publisher's vellum, gilt device to upper-cover, spine lettered in gilt, top-edge gilt, others uncut, a little soiled, very good; x, [2], 150, [2]pp.
Stock code 120884
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KEMPIS, Thomas à.
[Imitatio Christi].
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