The history of Biblioteca de Manguinhos and its rare collections

O artigo descreve a forma????o do acervo de obras raras da Biblioleca de Manguinhos, da Funda????o Oswaldo Cruz. S??o obras que se estendem dos s??culos XVII ao XX, distribu??das entre livros, cole????es de peri??dicos, folhetos, teses, que contemplam valiosos trabalhos na ??rea da hist??ria das ci??ncias biol??gicas e da sa??de. Descreve tamb??m a riqueza ornamental e decorativa do ambiente e do mobili??rio preservados da biblioteca. Resgata a trajet??ria de 100 anos da Biblioteca de Manguinhos, intimamente associada ?? hist??ria da Funda????o Oswaldo Cruz.This article narrates the creation of Funda????o Oswaldo Cruz Biblioteca de Manguinhos (Manguinhos Library) and its rare collections of books, magazines, journals, brochures, leaflets and theses, important publications on the history of biological sciences and health from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. It also describes the rich original ornaments and decoration of the library room and its furniture. It recovers the history of the library these past hundred year, which is closely associated to the hisrory of Funda????o Oswaldo Cru