One section of this series devoted to the treasures of the French National Library. This part contains contains six essays about objects of interest in the collections of various libraries in France. The essays are as follows: "Un Manuscrit de 'la Consolation philosophique', de Boèce, à la Bibliothèque nationale" by Émile-A. Van Moé, "Rome ou Subiaco? Les débuts de l'imprimerie en Italie: à propos du 'Saint Augustin' de la Bibliothèque nationale" by Robert Brun, "Reliures du XIIIe siècle à la Bibliothèque de Rouen" by Mlle Jeanne Dupic, "'François Ier', xylographie de la Bibliothèque de Grenoble" by Louis Royer and P.-A. Lemoisne, "Sur quelques exemplaires d'Érasme à la Bibliothèque nationale" by Jean Porcher, and "Une Gravure inédite de Claude Drevet: le Portrait d'Auguste III, roi de Pologne, d'après Louis de Silvestre" by Roger-Armand Weigert. Includes seventeen plates, one of which folds out and is in color, and six illustrations in the text. Last leaf and both wrappers tanned, wrappers soiled, spine sunned, edges worn with some small tears at spine and fore-edge of upper wrapper, three numbers in pencil on upper wrapper.