Country France Established 1767 Founded 1767 | Type Public library Phone +33 3 27 97 88 51 | |
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Scope Bibliothèque Municipale Classée Reference to legal mandate Code général des collectivités territoriales, art. L 1422-2 & R 1422-2; Code du patrimoine, art. L 310-2 Location 117 Rue de la Fonderie, 59500 Douai Address 117 Rue de la Fonderie, 59500 Douai, France Hours Open today · 9AM–12:30PM, 1:30–6:30PMWednesday9AM–12:30PM, 1:30–6:30PMThursday9AM–12:30PM, 1:30–6:30PMFriday9AM–12:30PM, 1:30–6:30PMSaturday9AM–12:30PM, 1:30–5PMSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesday9AM–12:30PM, 1:30–6:30PM Similar médiathè Jean Lévy, Mairie, Library Achille Dupuis, Bibliothè Municipale, Bibliothè André Stil | ||
The Bibliothèque municipale de Douai, now Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (after the Douai-born poet Marceline Desbordes-Valmore) is a library in Douai, France. Founded in 1767, it was bombed on August 11, 1944. The library reopened in 1955, in a new building designed by the architect Maurice Coasnes.
The special collections ("réserve patrimoniale") include 607 medieval manuscripts (many of which were confiscated at the suppression of Anchin Abbey and Marchiennes Abbey during the French Revolution), over 300 incunables, a considerable number of works printed in Douai on hand-operated presses from 1569 onwards, and the literary remains (letters and manuscripts) of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786-1859).
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