Oracion inaugural que en la apertura de la biblioteca pública de Montevideo
Subtitle: Celebrada en sus fiestas mayas de 1816
By: Dixo D. A. L. director de éste establecimiento
Contributors: Alles, Luís Mario
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1816
Place of publication: Montevideo
Language: spa
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: National libraries; Public libraries; Occasional speeches
Notes: Attributed to Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga by Carlos Roxo in his "Historia crítica de la literatura uruguaya, published in Montevideo in 1912, and by Estrada. In the "Guía de Archivo de la Colección" authored by Delmira Agustini on the website of the Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay, it states that the idea to found a public library was generated by Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga and presented to the Cabildo and governor on August 4, 1815. These documents are housed in the archives of the national Library.

The first public library in Uruguay was founded by Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga in 1815. It is now the Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay and is the legal deposit and copyright library for Uruguay.

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Engraved printer's ornaments on title page.

Estrada, D. Historia y bibliografía de la imprenta en Montevideo 1810-1865, p. 37.

Purchase; 2017; 18-067.

Text primarily in Spanish with a quotation in Latin from the Book of Exodus on the verso of the title page.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in 19th century full black morocco with gold tooling on front board.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Divestiture Fund.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Luis Mario Alles, director honorario: book stamp on verso of the third front flyleaf.