| Notes: | At head of title of the series in 4o: Ancien fonds. Bibliothèque nationale (t. 1., Bibliothéque imperiale) Département des manuscrits. At head of title of the series in 8o; Bibliothèque nationale.
The catalogues are in two series: "série in 4o," covering the "ancien fonds" (mss. 1-6170, with title: Catalogue des manuscrits français) and "série in-8o," covering the "nouveau fonds" (mss. 6171-33264) and "nouvelles acquisitions" (nos 1- et 20001- Beginning with 10,001 the mss. are arranged in two open numerical series: "l'une de 10.000 à 20.0000 pour le petit format, l'autre à partir de 20.001 pour le grand format.
Compiled by Taschereau, Michelant, Delisle, Omont, Couderc, Auvray, De La Roncière.
The last volume of the catalogue of each collection contains a "Concordance des numéros anciens et des numéros actuels des manuscrits."
The 8o series has also subject indexes.
Each volume of the 8o series is separately indexed. The index in "Nouvelles acquisitions," v. 4, forms "la suite et le complement de la Table ... par mm. A. Vidier et P. Perrier."
The preface to v. 5 of the "Ancien fonds" contains an account of the Department of manuscripts and its collections, by L. Delisle.
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