(Q936)
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the Ambrosian library, an establishment which, notwithstanding its appellation, has no connection with antiquity, and owes its existence entirely to the munificence of Cardinal Federigo Borromeo, nephew of St Charles, and his successor in the See of Milan. [...] It contains about forty thousand volumes, and more, it is said, than fifteen thousand manuscripts. (English)
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