Catalogue des manuscrits des fonds Libri et Barrois
By: par Léopold Delisle.
Contributors: Delisle, Léopold, 1826-1910.; Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869.; Barrois, Jean Baptiste Joseph, 1780-1855.; Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878.
Publisher: H. Champion
Published: 1888
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Manuscripts -- France -- Catalogs; Manuscripts -- France; Book thefts
Genres: Catalogs.
Other titles: Fonds Libri et Barrois.
Notes: Delisle's preface (p. [v]-xcvi) gives the history of Guillaume Libri's thefts and those in which Joseph Barrois was concerned, the acquisition of the manuscripts by the Earl of Ashburnham, and their substantial recovery by the Bibliothèque nationale through Delisle's efforts.
The catalogue describes 180 manuscripts. Concordances on p. [264]-273 indicate the correspondence of their numbers in the Bibliothèque nationale with those in the fonds Libri and fonds Barrois at Ashburnham place.