Tauler's Medulla animae 1672

TAULER, JOHANNES (PSEUDO-TAULER). Medulla animae, Das ist, Von Vollkommenheit aller Tugenden: Ein sehr innig- und andächtiges Büchlein, in welchem vilelmehr der Grund der Seelen, als der ausswendige Schein getrieben wird... Von Neuem... auss dem Niderländischen ins Hochteurtsche... Franckfurt am Mayn (Matth. Merians seel. Erben) 1672.8:o. (4, including extra engraved title), 5-576 pp. Engraved extra title (with signature G. C. in upper margin).Contemporary brown full leather, somewhat worn, blank spine in five compartments, small damage at foot. Some foxing and staining, about 10 pages harder.Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361) was a German mystic, a Catholic preacher and a theologian. A disciple of Meister Eckhart, he belonged to the Dominican order. Tauler was known as one of the most important Rhineland Mystics. He promoted a certain neo-platonist dimension in the Dominican spirituality of his time. (Wikipedia).Provenance: The von Celsing family, Biby.