Gyllenstierna, Karin, Geistliches Heil Pflaster, und Seelen-Artzney, in allerley Geistlichen Kranckheiten .. Riga, Joh. G. Wilcke 1677. Zeitgenöss. Kalbldr. mit RSch. 20,5 : 16 cm. 14 Bll., 752 S.

Einzige Ausgabe, von größter Seltenheit . Kein Expl. im Handel nachweisbar, im KVK nur 3 Expl. (alle in schwed. Bibl.), nicht im VD 17 . - "Karin Gyllenstierna of Lundholm (Catharina Güldenstern, appr. 1611-1682), who married into a baronial family owning Suntaži Estate in Livland, the Swedish widow of Engelbrecht von Meek, in the late 17th century wrote a book of an impressive size on the healing of the soul (..) Gyllenstierna’s work must truly be regarded as a rarity. Gyllenstierna’s literary composition fits within the genre of spiritual recipes popular in the religiously aspiring literary scene of the Baroque epoch (..) Still more important than the book is the autobiography of Gyllenstierna’s soul, the literary form of self-reflection by a woman who lived in the second half of the 17th century . New facts and documents on the families of the Gyllenstiernas and von Meeks open up opportunities for a deeper understanding of the text. The author’s skill of freely voicing her emotions, and do it in a cultivated literary manner of a gifted rhetorician, is praiseworthy. Karin Gyllenstierna can be regarded the first woman prose writer in Livland (Vidzeme)." (A. Taimina, Karin Gyllenstierna-Meck. In: Gender, Literary Convention, Creativity. Riga 2011) - Stellenw. minim. gebräunt oder stockfl., vereinz. gering wasserrandig, insges. sauber. VGelenk mit 2 kl. Läsuren.

Recke/Napiersky II, 154.

Only edition, extremely scarce. Contemp. calf with label on spine. - Partly minim. browned or foxed, here and there minor waterstaing. Front joint with 2 small damages. Else well-preserved, inside mostly clean copy.