Collections
Scientific archives and rare books
Scientific archival collections
This non-exhaustive list represents the archival collections currently being processed. Those are kept in Salle Paul Belgodère and are only accessible upon justified request, and after approval by the person in charge of the library.
Rare books
Among the works from the 17th century, our vault holds titles by Kepler, Francois Viete, Descartes, Cavalieri and Huygens. As for the 18th century, we preserve the works of Daniel Bernoulli, Isaac Newton, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Leonhard Euler, and Condorcet.
The oldest book is Oronce Fine's Commentary on the first six books of Euclid's geometry, printed in 1536.
These monographs are not directly accessible to the public. To consult a rare book, you must first request it through the library staff.
You must follow the necessary precautions when handling those items.