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Library of Mazarine.
Founded in 1643
by Cardinal Mazarin.
Attached in 1661 to
The College of Four Nations.
Became in 1789
National property.
The Library Mazarine,
the oldest public library in France.
Library Spoelberch de Lovenjoul."
Lovenjoul was a Belgian lover of French literature who bequeathed in 1905 a large collection of literature works to the Institute of France.
