Bibliotheque Nationale; Ladurie, E. le R.; Bonnefoy, Y. et autres.

En francais dans le texte. Dix siecles de lumières par le livre.

      Publisher: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, first edition, 1990,The nearest French equivalent to Carter & Muir's "Printing and the Mind of Man", and consciously modelled on it, this is a lavishly illustrated catalogue of some 439 landmark French-language books (including works by authors of other nationalities who chose to write in French). Entries were written by some 220 specialists.