Lot 50
Wedlock & religious etc.- Spirituall Lessons for a Religious person by consideration of ye conditions of wedlocke..., manuscript in English, in a fine italic hand, original vellum, [17th century].
Hammer Price: £2,800
Description
Wedlock & religious etc.- Spirituall Lessons for a Religious person by consideration of ye conditions of wedlocke... A waye for religious to exercise them perpetually in Noviship, manuscript in English, in a fine italic hand, 147pp. excluding blanks, on thick paper, old printed bookseller's description on fly-leaf, 20th century pencil and ink inscriptions presenting this volume to the Second Monastery of the Visitation of Holy Mary, original vellum, slightly soiled, remains of ties, 155 x 105mm., [English person in a convent in the Low Countries], [17th century].
⁂ Contents consist of Considerations of the Cardinal Virtues, the Seven Gifts of the Spirit, the Graces of Modesty, Humility, Poverty, Chastity, Virginity, Sobriety, Obedience etc.
Provenance: (1). Presentation inscription from Fr. P. J. O'Reilly, London, to the Second Monastery of the Visitation of Holy Mary, 1902 (2). Parke Bernet, 1966.
Description
Wedlock & religious etc.- Spirituall Lessons for a Religious person by consideration of ye conditions of wedlocke... A waye for religious to exercise them perpetually in Noviship, manuscript in English, in a fine italic hand, 147pp. excluding blanks, on thick paper, old printed bookseller's description on fly-leaf, 20th century pencil and ink inscriptions presenting this volume to the Second Monastery of the Visitation of Holy Mary, original vellum, slightly soiled, remains of ties, 155 x 105mm., [English person in a convent in the Low Countries], [17th century].
⁂ Contents consist of Considerations of the Cardinal Virtues, the Seven Gifts of the Spirit, the Graces of Modesty, Humility, Poverty, Chastity, Virginity, Sobriety, Obedience etc.
Provenance: (1). Presentation inscription from Fr. P. J. O'Reilly, London, to the Second Monastery of the Visitation of Holy Mary, 1902 (2). Parke Bernet, 1966.
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter