Text in French. This overview of the collections at the Bibliothèque Nationale combines two separately published volumes. Each is paginated individually. The first part contains information on the buildings and their organization as well as the departments of prints and medals, while the second section focuses on the printed books and manuscripts. Illustrated with 138 images. Cracked, back signatures severely shaken, wrappers foxed, spine sunned, spine backing loose at head and tail, wrappers tanned, soiled, and worn.