page_title: Bibliothèque municipale de Douai
hierarchical_section_title: Bibliothèque municipale de Douai
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Arbre de Jessé Manuscrit 340 Bibliothèque municipale de Douai
context_page_description: The Bibliothèque municipale de Douai, now Bibliothèque 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 include 607 medieval manuscripts, over 300 incunables, a considerable number of works printed in Douai on hand-operated presses from 1569 onwards, and the literary remains of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore.
context_section_description: 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).
caption: A page from one of the medieval illuminated manuscripts held by the library (BM Douai Ms. 340)
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