SÃO JOÃO EVANGELISTA, Congregação de.- LIVRO | DOS PRIVILEGIOS | CONCEDIDOS PELLOS | Súmos Pontifices, à Congregação de S. Ioão | Euangelista, assim per concessão, co- | mo per commissão: com em | seus titulos se declararà | Mandarão se imprimir no Capitulo do Anno de 1583. O qual se fez em o Mosteyro de San- | cto Eloy de Lisboa: sendo Gèral o muyto Reue- | rendo Padre Miguel do Spiritu Sãcto: | Foy esta diligencia cõmetida ao | Padre Ioão de Sam | Pedro.- Em Lisboa: Impresso por Antonio Aluarez. Anno 1594.- [2], 78, [3] f.; 30 cm.- E. The Congregation of the Secular Canons of St. John the Evangelist, or of the Lóios, was founded at the beginning of the 15th century and aimed to contribute to the reform of the clergy. During the reign of King João III, the Lóios were in charge of managing all the hospitals in the Kingdom, and convents were founded in Lisbon, Évora and Oporto. Excellent copy of a rare 16th century species printed in Lisbon, of which Inocêncio (IV, p. 5) will not have seen any copy. Very solid and with good margins (carmine edge), it has some underlining of the time, very slight and occasional stains and the eventual missing of the last folio in white. The words on the frontispiece are framed by a complex xilographic cartouche, surmounted by the coat of arms of Portugal. The Latin text is composed in very clear round characters, printed on heavyweight paper and includes numerous xilographic capital letters, some of which are large, as well as other decorative motifs. 19th century binding with morocco spine. Not mentioned by Samodães, Ameal or Ávila Perez. Anselmo, 33. BN (16th century), 188. Biblioteca de D. Manuel II, 122.