The Library of the "Ecole des langues orientales"

The Library of the "Ecole des langues orientales" was founded in 1869, as a heiress of Colbert's school of "Jeunes de langues", and showed an extensive development during one century. Because of ruinous rooms, the library was rebuilt between 1979 and 1981. The collections - 500 000 books of languages, literature and civilization connected with orientalism - are now granted enough room and the 8 000 periodicals are to be presented to the public in an electronic data processing
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