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INVENTÁRIO da Biblioteca de D. Manuel II. Lisboa. 1982. - INVENTÁRIO da Biblioteca de D. Manuel II . Manuscritos: século XII a 1917; Impressos: Século XV a 1834. Feito por Gualdino Borrões. Lisboa: Fundação da Casa de Bragança, 1982. XVI, 422 pp.; 240 mm. Inventory published by the Braganza House Foundation of the manuscript and printed collections that make up the library of King Manuel II, preserved in the Museum-Library of the Braganza House, in the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa. It covers manuscripts from the 12th century to 1917 and printed works from the 15th century to 1834, with the monarch's portrait on the frontispiece, and constitutes the reference basis for identifying the copies in the reserved collection of this institution. The library was assembled by the last king of Portugal during his exile, starting around 1920, initially to support the biography of King Manuel I and the study of the expulsion of the Jews, and later with the purpose of forming a collection of old Portuguese books from the 15th and 16th centuries, which the king himself described in a printed catalog. Bequeathed to the State through the Braganza House Foundation, created in 1933, it is one of the most important individually initiated bibliographic collections of the 20th century in Portugal. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate