1688 Scarce French Book - Works of Saint Teresa of Avila by Robert Arnauld d'Andilly.
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Author: Teresa of Avila. (Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, translator).
Title: Les Oeuvres de Sainte Thérèse.
Language: Text in French.
Publisher: A Anvers, chez Henry van Dunewaldt, 1688.
Size: 7 " X 4 ".
Pages: 704 pages.
Binding: Good original full calf leather binding (hinges fine, overall worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright and tight, name of previous owners on the title page - as shown).
Illustration: Complete with the beautiful frontispiece illustration.
The book: Scarce 17th-century French edition of this book on the Works by Saint Teresa of Ávila and the Foundations made by Saint Teresa of several monasteries. A rare find in any condition!
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.