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John T. Richardson Library of De Paul University, including the Otto Lemke Napoleonic collection. Updated August 2013

4,000 volumes on French and Napoleonic history purchased by Otto Lemke of Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the first decades of the twentieth century. DePaul bought the collection from his estate in 1936. The collection includes:– biographies and correspondence of Napoleon and the members of his family, in both French and English. – numerous images– works on the […]

Created at the beginning of the century, largely from donations and bequests (including the complete La Sabretache, the libraries of the Duke de Guise and the Prince de la Moskova, not to mention certain garrison libraries…), the collection is still be added to (via an active buying policy, exchanges, and donations by individuals, authors and publishers). […]

Church at the Hôtel des Invalides   Updated August 2013

  Updated September 2011

5-7 rue de Fourcy   Updated September 2011

Auctioneers   Updated September 2011

Part of the BNF, the Richelieu site includes a comprehensive cartographical collection, as well as a large number of western manuscripts, engravings, medals, numismatics, and photographs. An extensive renovation project has recently begun on the Richelieu site, which has resulted in the temporary transferal of some of the site's specialist collections (the manuscripts, theatre arts, […]