CRASSET, Pe. Jean, S.J.- Historia da Igreja do Japaõ, em que se dá noticia da primeira entrada da Fé naquelle Imperio, dos costumes daquella Naçaõ, gentes, suas terras, e couzas muito curiosas, e raras, para os Eruditos estimaveis, e para todos gratas. / escreveo-a em francez o P. Joaõ Crasset da Companhia de Jesus. [...] vertida em portuguez por D. Maria Antonia de S. Boaventura e Menezes.- Lisboa: Na Officina de Manoel da Sylva, 1749-1755.- 3 vols.: il.; 20 cm.- E. The Jesuit Jean Crasset (1618-1692), a French theologian and ascetic writer born in Dieppe, published his "Histoire de l’Église du Japon" in Paris in 1689; although considered controversial, the work was soon translated and had three editions in the first half of the 18th century, in addition to the Portuguese edition. The collation of the three volumes is as follows: I - [40], 642 p.: 1 unfolded map, 4 [i.e. 3] unfolded engravings; II - [12], 560 p.; III - [11, 1 br.], 643, [1 br.] p.: 1 unfolded engraving [missing]. The third volume was printed at the Miguel Soares Workshop and includes a small engraving of a tomb, on the front of sheet F8 (p. 95). First and only Portuguese translation by D. Maria Antonia de S. Boaventura e Menezes (fl. 1750), illustrated with a fold-out map of Japan and four fold-out engravings in the first volume (of which the present copy only retains three) and another (martyrdom of missionaries) in the third (missing from the present copy); the second volume does not include any engravings. The map and engravings are by Michel Le Bouteux (Ernesto Soares, p. 136 r ff.). Old inscription on the three title pages: Ex libris Congregationis Missionis [illegible] Crucis Vimaranensis. Copy slightly trimmed, with the following imperfections: in the first volume, leaf C4 (p. 39/40) with frayed outer margin and a small chip on the outer margin of leaf C5; small stain on the outer margin of the first 30 leaves. Bindings from the same century worn, with wormoles and some damage to the spines. Inocêncio, VI, p. 135. Sommervogel, II, 1642. Cordier (Japonica) col. 401/402.