SANTA MARIA, Frei Agostinho de, O.A.D. (1642-1728).- Santuario Mariano, e historia das images milagrosas de Nossa Senhora, e das milagrosamente apparecidas, em graça dos prègadores, & dos devotos da mesma Senhora.- Lisboa: Na Officina de Antonio Pedrozo Galraõ, 1707-1723.- 10 vols.; 20 cm.- E. A work of great erudition by the friar Discalced Augustinian (1642-1729), born in Estremoz, whose secular name was Manuel Gomes Freire and was chronicler and vicar general of his Order. It includes news about the images of the Virgin spread throughout the national territory and the Portuguese expansion, with important references to topography, history, missions and local life. The first seven volumes are dedicated to Portugal, the eighth refers to Japan, China, Macau, Goa, Daman, Diu, Bassein (today Vasai), Chaul, Southwest Asia, Philippines, Mozambique, Angola, Morocco, etc. and the last two are almost entirely dedicated to Brazil, also including references to the Azores, Madeira, São Tomé and Príncipe and the Canary Islands. Set with some imperfections, namely: volumes III and VI with missing title pages; volume I with strong browning; all volumes with handwritten ownerships and stamps from the Discalced Augustinians of Mount Olivete bookstore (scratched in volumes V and VII); some small imperfections that are difficult to discriminate. Contemporary, full sheepskin bindings, identical, with occasional damage, particularly on the turns. Inocêncio, I, p. 18. J. C. Rodrigues, 2187. Borba de Moraes, p. 766-767.