Regle de S. Augustin, Nicolas de Rache 1660, Near Fine hardcover

Regle de S. Augustin et Constitutions des Religieuses de Ste. Ursule de l'Institut de Bordeaux, Lille: Nicolas de Rache 1660, French, Near Fine hardcover small 16mo, 2 1/2" x 4 1/2", 222 pp.

Dark brown calf leather binding, raised bands & small faint gilt decorations to spine, cover embedded brass clasps, very minor wear to edges, binding tight with minor separation at front gutter, interior pages clean & bright, table of contents at rear, text in French.

Established in 1535, the Ursulines are a teaching order of nuns governed by the Rule of St. Augustine, the oldest monastic rule in the Western Church and first for women. This specific volume contains the Constitutions for the Ursuline Congregation of Bordeaux founded in 1606. An approval by Pope Paul V dated 1618 precedes the text, with an additional approval by the Archbishop of Cambray dated 1660 included at rear. Scarce in the trade.