L'Epistole Della Serafica Vergine S. Caterina Da Siena... by Catherine of Siena - 1713-23.

Lucca & Siena :: Leonardo Venturini & Francesco Quinza,, 1713-23.. Scarce edition.. 4to. 2 vols. Mixed Set.. Federigo Burlamacchi, ed.  *- ** 2,A-Z,Aa-5M4; ¹2, -3 4,4 2,A-6O4,6P6. Contemp. Italian paste-paper covered boards, titles on paper labels, spines torn at ends, old library labels removed, edges speckled in colors; minor wormholes at start of volume 2 nner margin, no affect, Qq3 repair; some pages wiith light browning. Decorative ornaments. 'The works of St. Catherine of Siena rank among the classics of the Italian language, written in the beautiful Tuscan vernacular of the fourteenth century... It is impossible in a few words to give an adequate conception of the manifold character and contents of the "Letters", which are the most complete expression of Catherine's many-sided personality. While those addressed to popes and sovereigns, rulers of republics and leaders of armies, are documents of priceless value to students of history, many of those written to private citizens, men and women in the cloister or in the world, are as fresh and illuminating, as wise and practical in their advice and guidance for the devout Catholic today as they were for those who sought her counsel while she lived. Others, again, lead the reader to mystical heights of contemplation, a rarefied atmosphere of sanctity in which only the few privileged spirits can hope to dwell. The key-note to Catherine's teaching is that man, whether in the cloister or in the world, must ever abide in the cell of self-knowledge, which is the stable in which the traveller through time to eternity must be born again. " [Catholic Ency.]This is a mixed set taken from to different issues of L'Opera of Catherine of Siena. They are complete as a set and have been together since they were bound c1750. OCLC 8057421.