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Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek Weimar II, Germany

Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer Der Staten-Generaal Den Haag, the Hague, Netherlands

Strahov Philosophical Hall

Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C., USA

Strahov Theological Hall - Original Baroque Cabinet

Theology Room at St. Deiniol’s library, North Wales

Hereford Cathedral Chained Library, Hereford, England (Rare books were once kept chained to the bookshelf to prevent stealing.)

Library of the Benedictine Monastery of Admont, Austria

Library of the National Palace of Mafra, Portugal

St. Florian Monastery-Library, Austria

Joanina LIbrary University of Coimbra, Portugal

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Poetry at Beinecke Library, Yale University