Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal
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The Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris has been part of the Bibliothèque nationale de France since 1934.
Entrance to the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal
Caserne des Célestins going along the building
Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal seen from the boulevard Morland, drawing by Charles Ransonnette (1848)
D. Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, visiting the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal (L'Univers illustré, Levy (Paris), nº 879, 27/01/1872)
Charles Nodier
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Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodier was a French author and librarian who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte fantastique, gothic literature, and vampire tales. His dream related wri
Portrait of Charles Nodier (1844)
Bust of Charles Nodier by David d'Angers (1845).
Nodier's grave at Père Lachaise cemetery, (49th division)