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La Religiosa Mortificada. Explicacion del Quadro que la Presenta con sus Inscripciones tomadas de la Sagrada Escritura: á que se añade el Manual del Alma Religiosa, Que es un compendio de sus mas principales obligaciones, para aliento y est

8vo. pp. (8), 291, (2 integral blanks), plus engraved frontispiece. Contemporary calf. “Felicita Carbajal”, passed on to “Faustina Dominguez”, and finally to “Maria Concepcion Dominguez”, responsible for the pencil sketches on the rear endpapers; accounts in the hand of Carbajal (?) on rear endpaper. First edition of this guide published in order to satisfy the natural curiosity of nuns for the practice of devotional mortification of the flesh. The author attempts to set out a full manual of Franciscan teachings on this subject, and the striking engraving depicts an unusual sight: a nun in full habit crucified in emulation of Christ, with legends describing the mortification of each body part

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