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BONDE, William (d.1530). The Pilgrimage of Perfection, Part I. London: Richard Pynson, 1526.
4° (194 x 130mm). 12 woodcuts and 1 table, Pynson device [McKerrow 3b, with 'white blotch' between legs of R]. (Lacking one preliminary quire a4, some shoulder notes shaved, a few tears with loss, 3P2 torn without loss, 3R1 with old paper repair affecting a few letters, occasional damptain or soiling). 19th-century red morocco by C. Murton, edges gilt and gauffered (scattered spotting). Provenance: a few 16th- and 17th-century annotations -- Oxford, Pusey House (given in 1884; inscriptions, stamps on endpapers).
FIRST EDITION of the first part of Bonde's epitome of late medieval teachings on the religious life. Here, 'in anticipation of St Ignatius, the Christian journey was divided into seven days, symbolic of spiritual progression. Bonde was concerned to describe methodically the path from the active religious life to the contemplative, which was reached on the sixth day. On the seventh day extracts from St Bernard and Herphius conveyed something of the joy of contemplation' (DNB). The Pilgrimage of Perfection was written primarily for those with pastoral responsibility for others, covering in greater detail the topics of elementary catechisms, including expositions of basic prayers, the mass, and the passion of Christ. The fourth book, and second part (not present here), was published as The Rosary of our Saviour Jesu with a separate divisional title page, register and foliation. STC 3277; ESTCS-122415.
4° (194 x 130mm). 12 woodcuts and 1 table, Pynson device [McKerrow 3b, with 'white blotch' between legs of R]. (Lacking one preliminary quire a
FIRST EDITION of the first part of Bonde's epitome of late medieval teachings on the religious life. Here, 'in anticipation of St Ignatius, the Christian journey was divided into seven days, symbolic of spiritual progression. Bonde was concerned to describe methodically the path from the active religious life to the contemplative, which was reached on the sixth day. On the seventh day extracts from St Bernard and Herphius conveyed something of the joy of contemplation' (DNB). The Pilgrimage of Perfection was written primarily for those with pastoral responsibility for others, covering in greater detail the topics of elementary catechisms, including expositions of basic prayers, the mass, and the passion of Christ. The fourth book, and second part (not present here), was published as The Rosary of our Saviour Jesu with a separate divisional title page, register and foliation. STC 3277; ESTCS-122415.
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