Pastoureau (Mireille), born 1949; Rasilly (France de), editors
Bibliothèque nationale (France)
En Français dans le texte : dix siècles de lumières par le livre (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 14 February-13 May 1990)
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, 1990
(30.5 cm), 381 pp., illustrations (many in colour). Publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - About 400 books and manuscripts written in French are described by some 200 specialists, usually with copious notes and superb illustrations. The selection is not restricted to the history of ideas (as was PMM), although Literature and the Human Sciences are perhaps overrepresented. ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy.