1650 Scarce French vellum Book - Saint Teresa of Ávila

 

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Author : Thérèse d'Avila, sainte (Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesu)
Title : Recueil des paroles de nostre Mère Ste Thérèse, sur la practique de la vertu.
Language : Text in French
Publisher : Aix, Chez Jean Roize, 1650.. First thus.
Size : 4 " X 3 "
Pages : 156  pages
Binding : Very good full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed)  under a removable protective mylar cover .
Content : Good content (bright, tight, one stain on upper margin of first and last pages - as shown).

The book : Scarce 17th century edition of book by Saint Teresa of Ávila on words on virtue.

The author : Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (28 March 1515 – 4 October 1582), was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun and author during the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer in the Carmelite Order of her time and the movement she initiated, later joined by Saint John of the Cross, eventually led to the establishment of the Discalced Carmelites, though neither she nor John were alive when the two orders separated.