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Historia, Vida, y Milagros, Extasis, y Revelaciones de la bienaventurada Virge[n] Sor Iuana de la Cruz, de la tercera Orde[n] de nuestro Serafico padre S. Fra[n]cisco. Compuesta, y de nuevo Corregida y emendada por fray Antonio Daça, indign

4to. pp. (8), ff. 16, pp. 17-24, ff. 25-32, pp. (8), ff. 105, pp. (2). Including woodcut vignette on title-page, full-page woodcut of Blessed Joana de la Cruz on verso of e4, and numerous large woodcut initials in text. Bound in contemporary vellum with hinges repaired. Early ownership inscriptions of the ‘Hospicio de Tierra Santa del Convento de N. P. S. Francisco de la Ciudad de Valencia de la Virgen de Jesus’ on flyleaf, with the intriguing comment “Para dar Luz immortal” on verso. Further inscription on title page dated 1671. Very rare early edition, illustrated with a full-page woodcut, of the first biography of the Spanish mystic and licensed preacher Juana de la Cruz (1481-1534). Popularly revered – with some caution – shortly after her death, Daza’s biography paved the way for Cruz’s canonization process to officially commence in 1615. Juana de la Cruz attracted almost as much controversy during her lifetime as after her death. At the age of four she began to experience celestial visions; her subsequent spiritual journey led her to hold talks with angels, rescue souls from Purgatory, suffer stigmata, battle demons, and receive divine revelations. During public visionary exp

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