Download or read book The Libraries of France at the Ascendancy of Mazarin written by John Warwick Montgomery and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-01-22 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis Jacob de Saint-Charles offered a primary-source description of the libraries of France when Mazarin dominated 17th-century politics and France was the cultural capital of Europe. Here, for the first time, Jacob's work is made available in English translation, with an introduction placing the book in the context of western intellectual history and accompanied by a detailed scholarly commentary. Both library historians and students of French culture in the early modern period will find this book indispensable.