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Title:
Ritratto Della Religiosa Amante Della Propria Perfezione Delineato Sopra Testi Della Sacra Scrittura
ISBN: No ISBN
Book #: 015267

Author: [Felice Cecca]
Illustrator:
Publisher: Francesco Alessandri
Place: Florence
Year: 1795
Edition: Edition Unstated

Book Cond.: Good Condition
Jacket Cond.: No Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 6″ x 3 1/2″
Book Type: n/a
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Description / Comments:
Size: 6″ x 3 1/2″. Text is in Italian. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Thick marbled paper covers, not boards as such, but thick and sturdy, 299 pages, text in Italian. Felice Cecca was prior of the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena in Villafranca Piemonte from 1772 to 1815, with references to ascetic tendencies in the period of Piedmontese Jansenism. The various topics include: Of humility; Of prayer; Of the daily examination of conscience and of sacramental Confession; Of the Holy Mass, Communion; Of the external mortification of the senses; Of speaking and of silence; Of the internal mortification of the passions, of the intellect and of the will; Of the temptations of the devil and of scruples; Of religious poverty; Of religious chastity; Of obedience; Of charity towards one’s neighbor and towards God; etc. Wear at extremities, covers slightly warped, scattered instances of water staining, still highly readable. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 0 oz. Category: Religion & Theology; Italian Language; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015267.