Colégio de Santa Rita, Coimbra

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The College of St Rita, of the Order of the Discalced Hermits of St Augustine was a constituent college of the University of Coimbra and was founded in 1755 and suppressed in 1834. Its library was said to be very rich.[1]

Shelfmark W/I-6-26
Nicolaus de Cusa. D. Nicolai de Cusa ... Opera. ... 1565.
Inscription on title page: Da Livr[ari]a do Coll[egi]o de S[an]ta Ritta dos Ag[ostinh]os Des[calços] de Coimbra.
Two illegible ink ownership stamps on the title page (of the Discalced Augustinians of Coimbra?)
References
  1. Ludovina Cartaxo Capelo, Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra: Colégio de Santa Rita, 2010 PDF
See also: Miguel Pires Prôa, 'The Lost Colleges of Coimbra', October 2007 (a free translation by Frank Cranmer and Miguel Pires Prôa, August 2008) PDF