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MACHADO (Diogo Barbosa). BIBLIOTHECA Lusitana. Coimbra. 1965. - MACHADO (Diogo Barbosa) BIBLIOTHECA Lusitana . Coimbra: Atlântida Editora, 1965. 4 v.: il.; 285 mm. A facsimile reprint, in 4 volumes, of the original edition published in Lisbon between 1741 and 1759, revised by M. Lopes de Almeida, director of the General Library of the University of Coimbra. Complete set, illustrated with engravings, vignettes and decorated initials reproduced from the first edition. The Bibliotheca Lusitana, Historica, Critica, e Cronologica , authored by Father Diogo Barbosa Machado (Lisbon, 1682-1772), is the foundational monument of Portuguese bibliography, registering in alphabetical order the Portuguese authors – or those who wrote about Portugal – from the foundation of the monarchy to the author's time, in any language, with emphasis on Latin and Castilian. Due to its biographical accuracy and the rigor of its bibliographical information, it has remained an indispensable reference work, preceding and complementing the Dicionário Bibliográfico de Inocêncio – who, at the beginning of his work, deliberately referred to the Bibliotheca Lusitana for consultation of Portuguese books printed in Latin. It is still commonly cited today in bibliographical descriptions of Portuguese works prior to the 18th century, under the abbreviation ”Barbosa”. Complete set. Estimated. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate