The National Library of France has undergone an extensive renovation, and relics from Charlemagne to Voltaire are now on display. By Elaine Sciolino PARIS — King Dagobert’s bronze throne.

The manuscript given to France's national library Thursday begins simply, yet seductively: "The story of Jacques Casanova ... written by himself." "Himself" is the 18th century lothario, spy, writer ...

A librarian in northern France made what may be the discovery of his lifetime when he uncovered a rare Shakespeare’s First Folio in his library’s collection. There are fewer than 240 known copies of ...

1623 collection of plays – one of only 230 believed to exist – lay undisturbed in library at St-Omer for 200 years A rare and valuable William Shakespeare first folio, which was the first complete ...