Description

Three hardcover volumes bound in glossy laminated boards, sans dust-jackets as issued. 614. 686 and 736 pages respectively. Vol. I 1720-1747; Vol.II 1748-1758; Vol. III 1759-1775. Translated into English by Roger Mercurio and Frederick Sucher. Edited by Laurence Finn and Donald Webber. First editions. Paul of the Cross was a Roman Catholic priest, mystic and founder of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ, or the Passionists The present edition is the only complete collection of the extant letters of Saint Paul of the Cross, combining the 1924 four volume work which contained approximately 2,000 letters that had been stored in the Passionist Generalate in Rome; some 175 letters discovered in 1924 and approximately a dozen letters that surfaced more recently. A near like new set with previous owner’s small label on front free end-paper of vol. I only and evidence of very brief pencil underlining to several pages that has been erased. As new but for faults enumerated above. Near fine set. A heavy set, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible.