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- | === Historical note === | + | ==== Catalogue des anonymes 1500-1800 ==== |
- | Since there was no university in Lyon in the early Renaissance, | + | Access |
- | Since 1999, the library has hosted 500,000 volumes from the Bibliothèque des Fontaines, deposited by the Jesuits of Chantilly. Universality and encyclopaedism are the main characteristics of this collection, with a well-documented vision of theological and religious matters. It also enables a precious perspective on human sciences and on the European civilization from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, and presents the history of Catholic spirituality in its social and cultural context. | + | |
- | === Coverage | + | === Name and coverage |
- | The file includes about 13,000 bibliographic records which describe early printed books from the pre-1800 collections of the library, starting with incunabula, covering a wide range of material. These records were selected for their copy-specific information, | + | The BnF's holdings of pre-1831 |
=== Mode of cataloguing === | === Mode of cataloguing === | ||
- | While most of these books have originally been catalogued “book-in-hand”, other records have only been updated | + | The full book-in-hand |
+ | === Present/ | ||
+ | Wanting are only the fingerprint, | ||
=== Treatment of multivolume works === | === Treatment of multivolume works === | ||
- | In case of multiple | + | Each volume |
- | In case of multiple copies of the same edition, the description of all copies appear inside | + | |
+ | === Recommendations for searching === | ||
+ | Start with searching on a complete title or on a title-word. A sophisticated search on printer’s name and place of printing can have good results, since particular attention has been paid to standardising the forms of these names. The same applies to authors’ names and the uniform titles of the Bible. It has to be borne in mind that essentially this is a catalogue of anonymous works and of works whose authorship was attributed after their publication. | ||
+ | === Frequency of updates === | ||
+ | Monthly updates |
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