628 - CEPEDA Y AHUMADA, TERESA DE (SANTA TERESA DE JESUS)

CEPEDA Y AHUMADA, TERESA DE (SANTA TERESA DE JESUS) "THE BOOKS OF MOTHER TERESA OF JESUS - Foundress of the monasteries of Discalced Carmelite nuns and friars of the first rule" 4 pp. (including engraved portrait) + 396 pp. Followed by "Book CALLED THE WAY OF PERFECTION, written for her nuns by Mother Teresa of Jesus, Foundress of the Discalced Carmelite monasteries at their request" 4 pp. + 192 pp. Followed by: "Book CALLED THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS, written by Mother Teresa of Jesus, Foundress of the Discalced Carmelites, for them" 218 pp. All in Salamanca: Guillelmo Foquel, 1589. 8vo, parchment back cover with gilt threads on front and spine, calligraphy on the spine. E.g., washed and with some minor restoration, very well preserved. A rare work on the market, only 7 copies in the CCPBE. .