On the 14th of May of 1837, a group of Portuguese merchants got together and decided to create a library, with the idea of maintaining the Portuguese culture alive in Brazil and among its inhabitants.
In 1872, the collection, by then counting with more than 40.000 volumes, was moved to the present building, originally a hotel. In 1900 it became a public library and in 1935, a decree was issued in Portugal, that all publishers should provide the library with a copy of all new books printed.
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