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Nueva Maravilla de la Gracia, descubierta en la Vida de la Venerable Madre Sor Juana de Jesus Maria, Monja del gravissimo Convento de Santa Clara de Burgos. Dedicada a la Reyna del Cielo Maria Señora investra por mano de N. Rmo. P. Fr. Jose

4to. pp. (30) [of 32, lacking half-title], 463, (5), plus engraved portrait. Bound in early 20th-century blind-tooled calf with red-and-gilt title label on spine. Very rare second edition (first, 1673) of an almost unobtainable biography of this Franciscan nun, with the (often lacking) engraved portrait showing Sor Juana in a state of ecstasy. Married against her will to an abusive husband, Juana de Jesus Maria Rodriguez (1574-1650) claimed to have preserved her chastity throughout her marriage despite threats of violence. She was initially drawn to the Third Order (secular) Discalced Carmelites following a spiritual meeting with St. Teresa of Avila when she was 18 years old. In 1615, while still married, she began to experience stigmata and from 1617 onward she experienced lengthy ecstasies generally lasting from Friday to Sunday, in which she relived the episodes of the Passion. Her husband died in 1622 after having been miraculously converted, freeing Juana to pursue her spiritual leanings. After the intervention of St. Francis himself Juana entered the Convent of the Poor Clares in Burgos in 1626 at the age of 52. She and her stigmata were examined in person by the Archbishop o

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