IMITATION DE JESUS CHRIST (L'), divided into 4 books. De la - Lot 196

IMITATION DE JESUS CHRIST (L'), divided into 4 books. De la nouvelle Imprimerie inventée par P. Moreau, M. Escrivain juré à Paris. Paris, de l'imprimerie et des nouveaux caracthères de P. Moreau, 1643. In-8, [12]-648 pages, old red morocco, Du seuil-style boards, gilt edges (period binding). First edition. Copy of the edition with the unsigned intaglio figures, most likely executed by Pierre Moreau himself; namely a frontispiece and 4 figures. Freckling, endpapers missing, copy appears to have been rebound. Also printed in Moreau's typeface: Les sainctes prières de l'âme chrétienne escrites et gravées après le naturel de la plume par P. Moreau... P. Henault, 1656. In-8 red morocco, gilt fillets with chased clasps, gilt edges (period binding). Together 2 volumes.