\' The Imitation of Christ \' first appeared 1418.
In 1663, an Arabic ed.
The first English translation appeared in 1503, which was just Book 4, but the other three books followed in the same year and a complete translation appeared in 1556.
A French translation appeared in 1447, a Spanish edition in 1482, and an Italian one in 1488.
A Latin manuscript from 1441 exists, but there was a German translation as early as 1434.
It was published anonymously but spread quickly around Europe. \' The Imitation of Christ \' first appeared 1418