Looking for an online copy of Challoner's Translation of "The Imitation of Christ" with Imprimatur (1927 or Earlier)
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Does anyone know if an online copy (e.g. stored at the *Internet Archive*) of Bishop Richard Challoner's translation of Thomas à Kempis' "The Imitation of Christ" exists; and if so, where I may find it?
What I do know exist (not necessarily online) are:
1. A 1927 edition published by Benziger Brothers with an Imprimatur by Patrick Cardinal Hayes, Archbishop of New York.
1. A similar version by the same publisher c. 1895 with an Imprimatur by an earlier Archbishop.
1. An 1893 edition published by Desclee, Lefebbre & Co., Belgium with an Imprimatur
But alas, I have not been able to locate any of the above editions online.
The only edition I have been able to find is a TAN Books "Retypeset and republished" edition (in 1989) of a Benziger Brothers edition (year unknown) translated by Richard Challoner, with imprimaturs by the Archbishop of New York Michael Augustine (1895) and Patrick Cardinal Hayes (1926), which can be found at *archive.org* [here](https://ia802903.us.archive.org/25/items/TheImitationOfChristChalloner/TheImitationOfChristChalloner.pdf) , which I don't want because it isn't a true copy of the original.
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