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Vida de la Venerable M. Mariana de S. Joseph Fundadora dela Recoleccion de las Monjas Augustinas, Priora del Real Convento de la Encarnacion. Hallada En unos papeles escritos de sumano. Sus virtudes Observadas por sus Hijas Dedicadas Al Rey

Folio. pp. (18), 461, (7), plus engraved title page and engraved portrait, both signed by Juan de Noort. Bound in contemporary sheep with remains of gilt titles and ornaments on rubbed and repaired spine. Contents sympathetically recased. Rare first edition of the life and writings of Madre Mariana de San José (1568-1638), printed as a luxurious folio at the Imprenta Royal, likely at the behest of the dedicatee, King Felipe IV. Inspired by her own meeting at the tender age of four with Teresa of Ávila, Mariana went on to reform the Augustinian Recollects, founding – in the manner of Teresa – a handful of new convents during her lifetime. Perhaps setting a precedent for his son Felipe IV (who was famously addicted to the advice of Sor Maria de Ágreda), Felipe III (d. 1621) and his wife frequently consulted with Madre Mariana, lending her and her efforts a certain prestige. However, Mariana’s guiding light seems to have been the example set by Teresa of Ávila; she mentions reading the Libro de su Vida as well as the Camino de Perfeccíon – probably both still circulating only in manuscript at the time of Mariana’s profession as a nun in 1586. Like Teresa, Mariana sought reform from pr

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