THE FLAMING HART OR THE LIFE OF THE GLORIOUS SAINT TERESA 1662 LEATHER BINDING

[TERESA, SAINT, OF AVILA (1515-1582)]. The Flaming Hart or the Life of the Glorious S. Teresa, Foundresse of the Reformation, of the Order of the All-Immaculate Virgin-Mother, our B. Lady, of Mount-Carmel. This History of her Life, was Written by the Saint her Selfe, in Spanish; and is Newly, now, Translated into English, in the Yeare of our Lord God, 1642. Antwerpe: printed by Iohannes Meursius, anno M.DC.XLII. [1642].

First English edition. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (155 x 100 x 40mm.). Pp. [72], 660, [10]. English text, the translation by Tobie Matthew, of "La Vida de Santa Teresa de Jesus." Imprimatur on leaf 2T7v: Approbatio. Hæc vita S. Teresæ, ... imprimatur. Antuerpiæ 5. Augusti M.DC.XLII. Richardus Wake I.V.L. Bound in later full calf. Printers device to title-page. Decorative initials. Printed sidenotes. Condition: FAIR to GOOD. Joints starting, the extremities a little rubbed. Lacking the frontispiece portrait but otherwise complete. Textblock slightly trimmed. The interior lightly toned with a little inking in the margins. Scarce. Ref: T753; ESTC R33913.