[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 Secular Canons of St. John the Evangelist, or Lóios, was founded at the beginning of the 15th century with the aim of contributing to the reform of the clergy. In the reign of King D. João III of Portugal, the Lóios were in charge of administering all the hospitals in the Kingdom, having founded convents 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 copies. Very solid and with good margins (carminated edges), it has some underlining from the time, very slight and occasional stains and the possible missing of the last blank folio. The words on the frontispiece are framed by a complex xilography cartouche, surmounted by the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Portugal. The Latin text is set in very clear round characters, printed on heavyweight paper and includes numerous xilography capital letters, some of which are large, as well as other decorative motifs. Binding from the 19th century with a morocco spine. Not mentioned by Samodaes, Ameal or Ávila Perez. Anselmo, 33. BN (16th century), 188. Biblioteca de D. Manuel II, 122.