LE CARMEL, STE. THÉRESE, and ST. JEAN DE LA CROIX.
6 Volumes.
- France: The Carmelites, 1961.
- miniature books (6.4 by 6.5 cm.)
- leather, title gilt-stamped on spine (3 volumes); vellum (3 volumes)
- unpaginated
Price: $1,500.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 134064
Text in French. Leather covers slightly rubbed and scuffed. Slipcase of Le Carmel cracked. Else near fine condition. Three volumes manuscript, three volumes facsimile. Manuscript volumes illustrated. Facsimile volumes on Japan vellum. Each volume with introduction and table of contents. Some include a note to the reader. Published by the Carmelite monastic order of France. Includes works from Mt. Carmel (according to Old Testament accounts, site of the confrontation between the prophet Elijah and the prophets of the Phoenician deity Baal), St. Theresa (1515-82), and St. John of the Cross (1542-91).