Bidspirit auction | Espelho Penitentes

Espelho Penitentes - MONFORTE (Fr. Francisco de) ESPELHO de Penitentes e Chronica das Vidas dos Santos . Em que se manifestam as Vidas de muitos Varons de abalizadas virtudes, e outros que pelas verdades da Fé Catholica sacrificarão as vidas, aonde se mostrão as fundações de algumas Provincias que florescerão em santidade. Lisboa: Na Officin. do Doutor Manoel Alvares Solano, 1704. *5, **4, A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaaa-Zzzz, Aaaaa-Rrrrr4; [18], 872 pp.; 295 mm. According to Inocêncio, this is a counterfeit of the Chronicles of the Province of Piedade or the Province of Arrábida by Manuel de Monforte and José de Jesus Maria, respectively. “However, upon examining the contents of these volumes, one encounters an unusual and crude forgery; for some are copies of the second volume of the Chronicle of the province of Arrábida by Friar José de Jesus Maria, others are copies of the Chronicle of the province of Piedade by Friar Manuel de Monforte, from the 1751 edition; the respective frontispieces having been removed from both and replaced by what has just been described above. What the precise origin of this speculation was, which has all the hallmarks of fraud, I cannot say […]” [cf. Inocêncio] This copy corresponds to the volume of the Chronicle of the Province of Piedade. Curious and rare. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !