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Lost manuscript wanted
Moïse Caillé de Castres, Les sauvages Caribes insulaires d’Amérique (1694)
Le 10 décembre 2002 le Docteur Marcel Chatillon léguait la totalité de sa « bibliothèque Read more

Un recueil du maître écrivain Berny de Nogent (1760)
La Bibliothèque Mazarine acquiert, en avril 2014, un recueil calligraphié par le maître d’écriture Pierre Berny de Nogent (1722-1779).
La vie et l’activité de Berny Read more

Acquisition d'une lettre de Brissot
The Library recently acquired in a public auction an autograph letter from Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793) to David Williams (1738-1816), dated 20 May 1787. Read more

New Web Site for the Bibliothèque Mazarine
The Mazarine Library's new website went live on 16 December 2013; it is also accessible on laptops, tablets and smart phones. New features include search of the main catalogue Read more

Acquisition de manuscrits de G. Nicolas de Voutron
The Mazarine Library has recently acquired four manuscripts making a remarkable set of accounts of naval campaigns in the eighteenth century. Written by Gédéon Nicolas de Read more

Incunabula's digitisation
Digitisation of 500 incunabula in the Library's collection, with the support of the Bibliothèque scientifique numérique (BSN). Currently loaded in Mazarinum, Read more

Armenian books from the Renaissance to Enlightments : a BM Exhibition at the CNMA (Lyon)
On the occasion of the inauguration of the Centre national de la Mémoire arménienne (CNMA), the Library presented part of the exhibition Armenian Books from the Renaissance Read more