Whittington Press - Alcoforado (Mariana). Letters from a Portuguese Nun.

Letters from a Portuguese Nun. Translated from the French and with an Introduction by Olive Kennedy and illustrated by Richard Kennedy. Medium 4to, [56]pp, The Whittington Press, Manor Farm, Andoversford, 1986.
Number 108 of 200 (235) copies quarter bound with mauve pictorial paper boards. Text set in Cochin, printed on a laid paper and signed by Olive and Richard Kennedy. 10 line drawings in sepia. Black paper-covered slipcase. A fine copy.
A series of five letters from a nun at a convent in Beja in southern Portugal to the Comte de Chamtilly, a French officer who served in the campaign which liberated Portugal from Spain in 1668.