Catalogue of an exhibition (Besterman 3024), sponsored by the Bibliothèque Nationale, of books and prints produced by the Imprimerie Nationale and its predecessors (Impr. Imperiale, Royale, etc.) from the 15th to the 20th centuries, and of some associated objets d'art. Spine lightly faded, rubbed along the spine, wear to spine ends, else a very good copy.

Listings are divided into chronological units with brief introductions and sometimes with topical subdivisions, from early printing in Paris to 20th-century "impressions orientales." 404 entries, usually annotated, frequently with references, followed by 30 samples of printing by the Imprimerie in "caractères étrangers" (hieroglyphics, cuneiform, Slavonian, runic, etc.) and 32 full-page black-and-white photographic plates. With a list of contributors to the exhibition and of abbreviations for cited references. A lengthy introduction (59 p.) discusses the history of the Imprimerie.