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Learn about Peru’s rich history through its National Library

Learn about Peru’s rich history through its National Library

Two Peruvian people sit on boulders overlooking a Peruvian landscape covered in stone structures

Pocket Gallery of the National Library of Peru

A view of a 3D gallery space. On the left are three panels showing the manuscript of Santiago de Cárdenas. On the right is a pillar welcoming viewers to The Library Maze.

Portrait of María Barberí, Courret Hermanos, from the collection of the National Library of Peru

Full-length portrait of a woman, in half profile. She looks elegant in a dark-colored dress with various applications, highlighting the rear volume of the skirt. She is wearing a hat decorated with feathers.

A page from a book of palmistry, Anonymous, 1499, from the collection of the National Library of Peru

Right hand with palmistry lines and planetary symbols from Opus Pulcherrimuz Chriomantie. Includes Latin text and a handwritten Spanish inscription.

Exlibris album 1, page 14, Unknown[1900?], from the collection of the National Library of Peru

Open album displaying a collection of ex libris bookplates

View of a tramway at Lima, from the collection of the National Library of Peru

Photo of a  tram in Lima with people in 19th century clothing posing in front

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