Los Angeles Times

London’s Philip French Library is the world’s largest collection of film-related books

LONDON — It’s billed as the world’s largest library of film-related books, comprising some 3,000 titles. Given that so many of them deal with American films and that Westerns constitute the single ...
The Guardian

Shakespeare first folio found in French library

1623 collection of plays – one of only 230 believed to exist – lay undisturbed in library at St-Omer for 200 years A rare and valuable William Shakespeare first folio, which was the first complete ...
The New York Times

A Vault Holding Long-Hidden French Treasures Swings Open Its Doors

The National Library of France has undergone an extensive renovation, and relics from Charlemagne to Voltaire are now on display. By Elaine Sciolino See more of our coverage in your search ...
Los Angeles Times

Rare Shakespeare First Folio discovered in French library

A literature scholar has discovered a William Shakespeare First Folio, one of the rarest and most valuable books in the world, at a library in a small French town, the Guardian reports. The book, ...