Catalogue des livres de la bibliotheque de feu M. le duc de La Valliere. Seconde partie, disposee par Jean-Luc Nyon l'aine
Publisher: Nyon l'aine, & fils
Published: 1784
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Subjects: French literature; Bibliography; Rare books; Catalogs
Notes: First issued 1784, Pt.1, comp. by G. Debure, was pub. in 4 v., 1783... Earlier ediltions of the catalog were pub. as follows: a) 1767 (in 2 v.) by G.F. Debure, cousin of the above named. b) 1772, c) 1777, d) 1780 (each in 1 v.) by G. Debure, compiler of pt. 1, mentioned above.

The present (second) part of the library was bought by the Marquis de Paulmy in 1786 and added to his library, which, thus enlarged, contained an unsurpassed collection of French and Italian literary and historical works from 1600-1780. At his death in 1787, his library passed to the Count d'Artois (afterwards Charles X) to whom it had previously been sold. It was confiscated in 1792, and in 1797, by decree of the Directoire, became the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal.