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THERESA DE AVILA, SAINTE La Vie de Sainte Therese Ecrits pare Elle-mesme En Espanol. Par le Commandement de Son ConfesseurTraduite novellment par Sieur Personne.
Paris, Frederic Leonard, 1648, First Edition. Hard Cover.[18], 523[1] Pp. 17 cm. Veru Good/No Jacket.ΒΆ A reformer who came with a more probing form of ascetic life and prayer, who founded the Discalced Carmelite order A great devotional writer, this is the first of her three most important books, written primarily to express her spiritual state for her confessors, but later enlarged in scope and in audience. Chapters 11 to 22, later additions, are devoted exclusively to a discussioin of prayer in metaphoric terms, and of its stages.[official statements, Teresian Carmel order]. The writing is poetic and remarkably clear. The preferred French translation, but rare. There are no copies in OCLC, COPAC, BL, KVK, except for that in the BN, the French NUC shows no Locs. Our copy is marred by two small original paper flaws. The first on the lower outer corner of the HT affects no text. The second Pp. 409/410, affect the last two or three letters on the last two lines on 409, and on 410 only the first 3 letters of the last line. OW a lovely clean, pure white copy in Orig. calf, with a richly gilt spine, 5 raised bands, and gilt title. Both the crown and foot of the spine have been restored, OW VG..
Offered for US$ 575.00 by: Zita Books - Book number: 000505
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