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[Devotion] LANSPERGIUS, Joannes Justus, O.Carth. Enchridion militiae Christianae, ad novitatem vitae, quae in Christo est, perfecte instituens. Paris, P. Gautier for J. Barbé & Cl. Garamond, 8vo: [16]-222-[2 bl.] pp. (toned, worming in blank bottom margin of 1st quires). Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (almost loose, head and fore-edge def.). Devotional work by the Cologne Carthusian Landsberg (1489-1539), dedicated to a fellow monk, Daniel Arents van Gheervliet (a former parish priest of Kortenaken). The title echoes Erasmus’ famous Enchiridion militis Christiani. Ref. BP- Renouard (Barbé) III:40:- Adams L-Prov. Contemp. inscription on front endpaper and flyleaf. - Libr. stamps.