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Printed books
500 000 (180 000 published before 1801)

Serials
3 000 titres (current : 650)

Incunabula
2 370 volumes

Manuscripts
4 639 volumes

Main subjects
- 16th and 17th century history
- Religious history (particularly jansenism)
- History of the printed book
- Regional and local French history

An encyclopedic old stock (XVIth - XVIIIth century) : theology, religious disputations (in particular jansenism), history, politics, law, literature, sciences (in particular medecine), latin editions, french and foreign editions (in particular italian, spanish and english).

A modern stock specialize in history (XIXth - XXth century) : religious, literary and cultural history of the Middle Ages (XIIth - XVth century) and the XVIth - XVIIth centuries, historical bibliography, local and regional history of France. Today the current collecting policy is based on theses subjects, giving priority to France, without excluding Europe.

Most of the items are printed (books ans serials), but the library purchase also electronic resources (CD-Rom, DVD-rom, online serials and publications). They are listed in the catalogue and accessibles in the reading room.

Middle Age manuscripts (religious texts, theology, law), manuscripts from XVIth to XVIIIth century (theology, religious disputations, history, politics, literature) and manuscripts of XIXth and XXth centuries (correspondences, work notes).

Mazarinades (between 12 000 and 12 500 items);

Ampère (1800-1864) : scandinavian and german civilisations, given in 1850 ;

Lebrun (1785-1873) : literary correspondence (XIXth century) ; bequested in 1873 ;

Paravey (1787-1871) : trip description  ; given in 1880 ;

Louis François (1875-1935): greck and roman literature, history and antiquities, accepted in 1938 ;

Faugère (1810-1887) : Pascal, jansenism ; bequested in 1902 ;

Tastu (1787-1849) : catalan literature and civilisation (manuscripts) ; gift received before 1898 ;

Faralicq (1868-1856) : bibliophilia ; given in 1955 ;

Demangeon (1872-1940) e Perpillou (1902-1976) : geographie ; bequested in 1978.