Books: France

Holdings of the Library of Congress

Overviews of the Collections. The French Collections at the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/coll/fren.html)
By Carol Armbruster.

Library of Congress Online Catalog (http://catalog.loc.gov)

Library of Congress Online Catalog Help Pages (http://catalog.loc.gov/help/contents.htm)

Worldcat (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=WorldCat;done=referer;timeout=300/FSIP)
Union catalog of collections and services of more than 14,000 participating institutions worldwide. By subscription only.

Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room (http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/)
Includes books, broadsides, pamphlets, theater playbills, prints, posters, photographs, and medieval and Renaissance manuscripts

Performing Arts Reading Room (http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/)
For books on music, music literature, and music teaching and instruction.

Law Library of Congress Reading Room (http://www.loc.gov/law/index.html)
For law books and legal research.

For French library holdings, see Libraries, Archives: France.

General and Specialized Online Bookstores

Librarie Renaud-Bray (http://www.renaud-bray.com/accueil.aspx)
Librairie Renaud-Bray (Montreal, Canada). In French and English.

International Office of French Publishers/Bureau International de l'Edition Française (BIEF) (http://www.bief.org)
BIEF is the French news and information resource for the publishing industry; the organization responsible for the international promotion of French books. Links to publishers, catalogs, bookshops, events, newsletters, and other publishing industry information, including international publishing rights. In English and French.

Antiquarian Books

The Library of Congress policy regarding appraisal of old books (Rare Book and Special Collections Division) is available at (http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/apprais.html).

Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) (http://www.abaa.org/cgi-bin/abaa/abaapages/index.html?id=UHkeZDai)
ABAA promotes ethical standards and professionalism in the antiquarian book trade in the U.S. ABAA also promotes these values internationally, through its affiliation with The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB)

France Antiques (http://www.franceantiq.fr/home_fr.htm)
Devoted to antique art (including books, autographs, and coins). Links to experts, art dealers, antiquarian booksellers, art publishers and booksellers, and restorers. Current information on fairs and dealer's catalogs. In French and English.

Livre -- Rare Book (http://www.livre-rare-book.com/Matieres/ed/882h.html)
Professional antiquarian book site for rare and used books. Includes International Directory for Second-hand Bookshops. Multilingual and subject access.

Syndicat national de la Librairie Nationale et Moderne (SLAM) (http://www.votrelibraire.fr/spip.php?page=sommaire_en)
Professional Association of Antiquarian Bookdealers, Autographs and Engravings in France, affiliated to the ILAB, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Reference site dedicated to early printed books, illustrated books, autographs, and engravings. Includes definitions, an illustrated glossary for French book terminology, L'abécédaire du livre ancien, information on the care and collection of rare books, and related links.

E-texts

France in America (http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/html/authors.html)
France in America /France en Amérique is a bilingual digital library project/partnership between the Library of Congress and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. It explores the history of the French presence in North America from the first decades of the 16th century to the end of the 19th century.

Gallica (http://gallica.bnf.fr)
Gallica is the digital library of French and Francophone culture maintained by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Contains numerous electronic texts, images, maps, animation, and sound files of French and other publications in history, literature, science, philosophy, law, economics, and political science. Includes full-text materials, some searchable. In French.

Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/)

Athena (http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/html/authors.html)

See also e-texts in History and Language and Literature sections.