Continental Books & Manuscripts
Lot 23:
S. ANA (Fr. Belchior de); SACRAMENTO (Fr. João do) & JESUS MARIA (Fr. José de)
CHRONICA de Carmelitas Descalços, particular do Reyno de Portugal e Provincia de Sam Felippe. Lisboa: Na Officina de Henrique Valente de Oliveira, 1657-1753.
6.º; portada, [12], 768 pp.; portada, [32], 966 pp.; portada, [40], 832, [38] pp.; 290 mm.
FIRST and only edition of this chronicle of one of the most important religious orders in Portugal, written by Fr. Belchior de Santa Ana, considered one of the “good classics of the 17th century” (Samodães). The complete collection is very rare, especially for the first volume.
¶ Samodães, 3003
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