SANTO ANTÓNIO, Frei Henrique de.- Chronica dos eremitas da Serra de Ossa no Reyno de Portugal, e dos que floreceram em todos os mais Ermos da Christandade; dos quaes nos seguintes seculos se formou a Congregação dos Pobres de Jesu Christo; e muitos depois a Sagrada de S. Paulo primeiro Eremita, chamada dos Eremitas da Serra de Ossa.- Lisboa: na Officina de Francisco da Sylva, 1745-1752.- 2 vols.: 2 gravuras; 30 cm.- E. Although the first testimonies of the presence of hermits in Serra d'Ossa date back to the 4th century, it was only in 1536 that the Congregation of the Poor of Jesus Christ was founded, by a bull from Pope Paul III, giving the hermits of Serra d'Ossa the rule of Saint Augustine. In 1578, Pope Gregory XIII, through the intervention of Cardinal D. Henrique, integrated the community into the congregation of Hermits of Saint Paul, making the privileges of the mendicant orders applicable to them. The master priest Henrique de Santo António (1682-1783), in the century Manuel Armão, born in Cascais, in addition to being a chronicler, was qualifier of the Holy Office, examiner of the three military orders, rector of the Lisbon Monastery and, twice, general of the order. The collation of each volume is as follows: I - [68], 986 p.: 1 engraved cover; II - [32], 961, [1 br,] p.: 1 engraved cover. The original of the third volume was completed, but disappeared in the 1755 earthquake, according to some, or it was printed and no copies are known, according to others. Both volumes are illustrated with the same engraved cover, between the front and the title page, representing Serra d’Ossa and its monastery. Exceptional copy (possibly washed), with impeccably gilt edge, covered in magnificent full green morocco bindings, signed Rousselle (Parisian bookbinder from the second half of the 19th century), with closed gilt panels on the spine, roll on the squares and watered silk endpapers. Inocêncio, III, p. 179 and X, p. 184. Samodães, 3053. Palha, 2470. Auction Silva’s / Pedro de Azevedo, November 2000, lot nº 363 (the same copy).