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Figure 11: Composition of the Ecole royale militaire library (15 March 1776)
Source: ‘Catalogue des livres de la Bibliothèque de l’hotel de l’ERM, du 1er Xbre 1765 au 1er mars 1776’, drawn up by the school’s librarian, M. Meunier, on 15 March 1776, in ‘Etats et comptes de la bibliothèque de l’Ecole royale militaire, 1753-1788’ (Archives Nationales, Paris). AN O/1/1606, 213-235 (227).
Category | Total no. of different titles | % of the total titles of the library | Total no. of volumes |
% of the total volumes of the library |
Théologie | 47 | 4 | 230 | 6 |
Jurisprudence | 41 | 4 | 158 | 4 |
Sciences et Arts | 372 | 35 | 703 | 17 |
Belles lettres | 242 | 22 | 535 | 13 |
Histoire | 372 | 35 | 2420 | 60 |
Totals | 1074 | 100 | 4046 | 100 |
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