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)
Marie de Régnier, also known by her maiden name Marie de Heredia or her pen-name Gérard d'Houville, was a French novelist and poet, and closely involved in the artistic circles of early twentieth-cent
Marie de Régnier in 1889, photographed by Paul Nadar
Marie de Régnier posing for her portrait in the workshop of Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1893. Photograph by Giuseppe Primoli.