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It contains two collections: the Latin library established in 1542 and the «Rhenanus library,» which contains 500 volumes that belonged to the humanist Baetus Rhenanus. There you can see 450 manuscripts, 530 incunabula, and the famous Cosmographiae Introductio printed at Saint-Dié in 1507.

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Opening hours :

  • Jul-Aug: 9am-noon, 2pm-6pm, Sat, Sun and Bank Hols 2pm-5pm; rest of year: daily except Sun 9am-noon, 2pm-6pm, Sat 9am-noon - closed Tue, 1 Jan, Sun and Easter Mon, 1 and 8 May, Ascension Day, Whit Sun and Mon, 1 and 11 Nov, 25 and 26 Dec

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