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CATÁLOGO dos Reservados da Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra. 1970. - CATÁLOGO dos Reservados da Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra . Coimbra: Por Ordem da Universidade, 1970. XVI, 760, 52 pp.: il.; 260 mm. Catalogue of the Reserved Books section of the General Library of the University of Coimbra, with opening remarks by Professor Costa Pimpão and an explanatory note on the technical criteria adopted. It describes more than 2500 bibliographic items – manuscripts, incunabula, and printed works of exceptional artistic and cultural value – deposited at the time of the catalogue's creation in the Reserved Books section of that Library, one of the oldest and most important university collections in Europe, founded in 1513. The work includes indexes of authors, anonymous works, chronological order, printing locations, former owners, and illustrations, as well as a concordance with the main repertories of incunabula. Illustrated in extra-text reproducing aspects of the items described. An indispensable reference tool for the study of old books in Portugal. Highly regarded. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate