Library
The extensive library, originally set up from books belonging to the clergy and to aristocrats who left France during the Revolution, contains among others:
- The minutes of Joan of Arc's trial
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau's manuscripts deposited by his widow in 1794
- the Codex Borbonicus
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Palais Bourbon seen from quai des Tuileries
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The Palais Bourbon at night
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Library of the Palais Bourbon
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Decoration of the salon du Roi by Eugène Delacroix
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The hemicycle of the National Assembly
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Page 14 of the Codex Borbonicus
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Famous quotes containing the word library:
“Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“... the subjective viewpoint is the only one to use regarding a library. Your true library is a collection of the books you want. You may have deplorably poor taste or bad judgment. Never mind. Correct those traits before you exchange your books.”
—Carolyn Wells (1862–1942)
“I view askance a book that remains undisturbed for a year. Oughtn’t it to have a ticket of leave? I think I may safely say no book in my library remains unopened a year at a time, except my own works and Tennyson’s.”
—Carolyn Wells (1862–1942)