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On 6 September 1646, Palafox y
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The
Biblioteca Palafoxiana has more than 41,000 books and manuscripts, ranging from the 15th to the 20th century. It has three major collections: old books, manuscripts, and pamphlets and broadsheets. It also has nine
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Biblioteca Palafoxiana. He donated his own collection, and the collections of the bishops
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was acquired. By the mid-19th century, the size of the collection necessitated a third level of bookshelves.
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