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1733 · 715P2 — Madrid: Manuel Fernandez 1733. Vellum. Good Only. 8" by 6". None. A very scarce Spanish work on the life and daily life of Saint Teresa of Avila written by Antonio de San Joaquin Flores. Illustrated throughout. A very scarce work.In the original Spanish.This work was originally published in twelve volumes this is the first volume in the series.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve in-text engravings.Register runs as 4-64 72 A-Kkkk4 Llll2.Collated complete.Page 566 is misnumbered 366. A biography on the life of Saint Teresa of Avila a Spanish noblewoman who went into a convent of the Catholic Church becoming a Carmelite nun and a Spanish mystic. Four centuries after her death she was declared a Doctor of the Church a rare distinction.The biography is set out like a diary describing each day of the year and how Teresa of Avila spent them as a nun.Written by Antonio de San Joaquin Flores. In the original vellum binding. Externally sound textblock is detached from the boards. Discolouration and marks to the boards. A little bumping to the extremities. A little cocking to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Front endpaper is detaching. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are age-toned with some spots and tidemarks tidemarks heavier to the first and last few pages Good Only Manuel Fernandez hardcover