1740 Capuchin NUNS 1ed Agnes d’Aguillenqui Mysticism Miracles Catholic Church Monastics

1740 Capuchin NUNS 1^ed Agnes d’Aguillenqui Mysticism Miracles Catholic Church Monastics

A rare 18^th-century history of the life of Capuchin mystic Agnes d’Aguillenqui.

Agnes d’Aguillenqui an early 17^th-century nun who served in the convent of Marseille. She was known for her miracles and prophecies, but also for severely depriving herself for the sake of spiritual discipline.

This 1740 first edition of the life of Agnes d’Aguillenqui was written by Hyacinthe de Verclos. Verclos himself was of the Capuchin order and wrote this work to provide context to Agnes’s holiness to the Catholic Church.

Item number: #27558

Price: $399

VERCLOS, Hyacinthe de

La vie de la révérende mère Agnès d’Aguillenqui, abbesse des Capucines de Marseille

A Avignon: de l’Imprimerie de Marc Chave, 1740. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • xv, [5], 374, [2]
  • Engraved frontispiece, plus 6 woodcuts and illustrated initials
• Provenance: Handwritten – [Joannis Verclos]
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~7.75in X 5in (20cm x 12.5cm)
• Quite rare

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