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1622 Guida Della Monaca Religiosa
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Description
Leather Binding, Very Scarce
A vanishingly scarce work, no records of it having sold previously at auction.
In Italian.
With an engraved title page.
Register runs as +4, ++4, A-Gg4, Hh6.
Collated, complete.
An interesting early seventeenth century volume intended to guide in the education of nuns.
'Guida Della Monaca Religiosa' offers detailed instructions to those who wish to become nuns, detailing the virtues viewed necessary for a religious woman.
Including instruction on what age one should be before she receives the habit, how to prepare to give sacraments to the sick, how care should be taken of their clothes and linen cap, and more.
This Italian works imparts an insights into religious practices in the early seventeenth century.
By Fabrizio Credazzi.
Condition
In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Boards and spine are rubbed with a little discolouration. Joints are starting but firm. Minor bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Small chip to one of the spine labels. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned, with some tide marks to the text, smaller to the first few pages, larger to the second half of the text.
Good
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