Soliloquio Dell'Anima [Soliloquy of the Soul, by Thomas a Kempis, in Italian]

Liberia Salesiana Editrice, 1919-01-01. Paperback. Good. In Italian. 1919 first thus Liberia Salesiana Editrice (Faenza, Italy), 3 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches tall paperbound in green printed wraps, duotone frontispiece of Christ, 186 pp. Signed at the top of the translator's preface, presumably by Giulio Albera. A handful of pages with pencil underlining, and one page noted with a pencil marginal notation. Paper age-toned. Otherwise, a very good copy of an extremely scarce Italian translation of Thomas a Kempis' devotional work, 'Soliloquy of the Soul.' Quite scarce; OCLC records no copies worldwide. Thomas a Kempis (circa 1380-1471) was an Augustinian monk, priest, copyist and scholar, and the most probable author of 'The Imitation of Christ,' one of the best known Christian devotional works, among many other published writings. He spent most of his long life at Mount Saint Agnes monastery, in the town of Windesheim, located in what is now the Netherlands. He wrote these works for the instruction of novices of his Augustinian monastic order, followers of Geert Groote's Brethren of the Common Life, but they became popular among the faithful worldwide, translated into countless languages. ~KMP~