Item #66748 The Mystical Element of Religion as Studied in Saint Catherine of Genoa and Her Friends: Vol. 1 Introduction and Biographies; Vol. 2 Critical Studies ( Two volumes ). Mysticism, Baron Friedrich VON HUGEL.

The Mystical Element of Religion as Studied in Saint Catherine of Genoa and Her Friends: Vol. 1 Introduction and Biographies; Vol. 2 Critical Studies ( Two volumes ).

London: James Clarke / J. M. Dent, 1961. Reprint. Hardcovers. Large octavos. Two volumes (complete). Vol.1: xl + 466pp; Vol.2: vi + 422pp. Navy cloth lettered in gilt on spines. Index. Frontispieces. Friedrich von Hügel (1852 – 1925) was an influential Austrian Roman Catholic layman, religious writer, Modernist theologian and Christian apologist. In this work, what started as a biography of St. Catherine of Genoa became an important, comprehensive treatise on the philosophy of mysticism using St. Catherine and her friends as illustrative examples in his analysis of the three basic elements of religion. Light general shelf wear, lower edges chafed, page edges darkened and foxed, bookshop labels on front blanks, pages browned - but clean and unmarked. Overall a tight, clean VG+ set in VG dust jackets (Dust jackets lightly rubbed and creased at all edges and folds, price clipped and old price blacked out). Large two volume set may require additional shipping to all destinations. Item #66748

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