SOARES, D. Frei João, O.A.D.- COMMENTARIVM | IN SACROSANCTVM EVANGELIVM | beati Marci, à Reuerend. domino D. Ioanne Soarez | Episcopo Conimbricensi, & Arganilii | comite æditum. | [grande gravura xilográfica com as armas episcopais].- Conimbricæ: Apud Ioannem Barrerium Typographum Regium. De mandato D. Episcopi, & Sanctæ Inquisitionis officij excusum. [Anno. M. D. LXVI. [1566].- [19, 1 br.], 323, [1 br.] p..; 27 cm.- E. Fr. João Soares (1507-1572), born in Urrô (Penafiel), was a hermit of Saint Augustine and participated in the third session of the Council of Trent (1561/63); he was confessor to D. João III and bishop of Coimbra from 1545 to the year of his death. He left us the constitutions of his diocese (Coimbra, 1548) and an extensive bibliography on religious themes, namely commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and Mark. Excessively cropped copy, with ablation of the last line of imprint on the title page (with date). Some fungal stains on the upper edge of the last 40 sheets. Recent full flexible parchment binding with ties and gold decoration on the covers and spine, according to the taste of the period. Anselmo, 192. BN (16th century), 857 (referring to 3 more white sheets). Biblioteca de D. Manuel II, 504.