SANTA TERESA, Frei João José de, O.C.D.- ISTORIA | DELLE GVERRE | DEL | REGNO DEL BRASILE | ACCADVTE | TRA LA CORONA DI PORTOGALLO, | E | LA REPVBLICA DI OLANDA. | COMPOSTA, ED OFFERTA | ALLA SAGRA REALE MAESD’A DI | PIETRO SECONDO | RE DI POTIGALLO &c. | Dal P. F. Gio: Gioseppe di S. Teresa Carmelitano Scalzo. PARTE PRIMA. [PARTE SECONDA].- In Roma: Nella Stamperia di Antonio de Rossi, 1698- 2 partes em 1 vol.: il.; 29 cm.- E. Fr. João José de Santa Teresa (1658- ca. 1733), whose secular name was João de Noronha Freire, was born in Lisbon and left for Rome in 1678, where he joined the Order of Discalced Carmelites. The work, subsidized with 5,000 Cruzados by King D. Pedro II of Portugal, describes the conflicts that occurred in Brazil in the 17th century, until the end of the Dutch occupation of the Northeast, which had its epilogue with the Pernambuco Insurrection (1654). Borba de Moraes considers it «One of the most sumptuous works published in the seventeenth century on a Brazilian subject». The copy, treated and carefully washed and glued, but complete and very clean, retains the two original cover pages (one on each part), dated 1698. The publisher and printer Antonio de Rossi had a new cover made in 1700, which he began to insert into the still existing copies. The collation of each of the parts is as follows: Part prima - [12], 232, [16] p.: 1 allegorical frontispiece, portrait of King D. Pedro II and 15 engravings and unfolded maps; Part two - 211, [21] p.: portrait of King D. João IV and 8 engravings and unfolded maps. Slight cropping, but still maintaining good margins; the engravings, with occasional restorations to the folds, are all mounted on stubs and well folded. Recent binding, full shagreen, signed by master Império Graça, with gold decoration on the covers, closed gold panles on the spine and protective case. Barbosa Machado, II, p. 676. Palha, 4267. Ameal, 2133. Sabin, 76794. Borba de Moraes, 770.