Bibliothèque municipale de Nancy

Public Library, Nancy, France, 2009

The Bibliothèque municipale de Nancy (est. 1750) is a public library in Nancy, France. It houses approximately 400,000 documents, books, maps, plans and prints. Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński began the collection in 1750.^[1] The library is located in a 1769 building of the historical University of Nancy. At 43, rue Stanislas, it is close to the Place Stanislas and the Gare de Nancy-Ville.

References

Geography by Ptolemy, Latin manuscript of the early 15th century, scanned by the Library of Nancy

↑ American Library Annual: 1914-1915.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bibliothèque municipale de Nancy.

Official site
Europeana. Items related to BM de Nancy, various dates
Library Photostream on Flickr.
Catalogue des incunables de la Bibliothèque publique de Nancy (1466-1500) (in French). 1883.
Catalogue des livres et documents imprimés du Fonds lorrain de la Bibliothèque municipale de Nancy (in French). Impr. A. Crépin-Leblond. 1898. OCLC 11997219.

Coordinates: 48°41′31″N 6°10′44″E / 48.69194°N 6.17889°E / 48.69194; 6.17889

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