The objective of this research is to identify the criteria which brought forth the selection policy of the collection of Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading and to establish the Selection Policy used by the Cabinet. Through an exploratory-descriptive approach and utilization of the collection characteristics, this article delineates the profile of the reader in the period of 1837-1847, and also identifies some other classes of readers and their reading.
Real Gabinete Português de Leitura; Rio de Janeiro; XIX century; Portuguese emigration; Readers; Reading
