SANTO ANTÓNIO, Frei Henrique de.- Chronica dos eremitas da Serra de Ossa no Reyno de Portugal, e dos que floreceram em todos os mais Ermos da Christandade; dos quaes nos seguintes seculos se formou a Congregação dos Pobres de Jesu Christo; e muitos depois a Sagrada de S. Paulo primeiro Eremita, chamada dos Eremitas da Serra de Ossa.- Lisboa: na Officina de Francisco da Sylva, 1745-1752.- 2 vols.: 2 gravuras; 30 cm.- E. Although the first testimonies of the presence of hermits in Serra d'Ossa date back to the 4th century, it was only in 1536 that the Congregation of the Poor of Jesus Christ was founded, by a bull of Pope Paul III, attributing to the hermits of Serra d'Ossa the rule of St. Augustine. In 1578, Pope Gregory XIII, through the intervention of Cardinal D. Henrique, integrated the community into the congregation of the Hermits of St. Paul, making the privileges of the mendicant orders applicable to them. The Father Master Henrique de Santo António (1682-1783), in the century Manuel Armão, born in Cascais, in addition to being a chronicler, was a qualifier of the Holy Office, examiner of the three military orders, rector of the Monastery of Lisbon and, twice, general of the order. The collation of each volume is as follows: I - [68], 986 p.: 1 engraved title; II - [32], 961, [1 br,] p.: 1 engraved title. The original of the third volume was completed, but disappeared in the earthquake of 1755, according to some, or it has been printed and no copies are known, according to others. Both volumes are illustrated with the same engraved title, between the half-title and the title page, representing the Serra d’Ossa and its monastery. Exceptional copy (it will have been washed eventually), with impeccably gilt edges, lined with magnificent full green morocco bindings, signed Rousselle, Parisian bookbinder from the second half of the 19th century; gold tooling on the spine, rool on the squares and watered silk endpapers. Inocêncio, III, p. 179 e X, p. 184. Samodães, 3053. Palha, 2470. Auction Silva's / Pedro de Azevedo, November 2000, lot nº 363 (the same copy).