The Orient and eastern collections

• Printed books and journals
• Manuscripts
• Images

Orient and eastern collections: images

The Richelieu Library (Site Richelieu) holds a large collection of graphical works produced in the Orient, such as the following:

• illustrated books brought back from China in the 18th century by Jesuits and collectors like Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin, a director of the French East India Company and member of the Academy of Science
• compendia of Persian miniatures and Indian paintings 
• a collection of Japanese prints by Hokusaï, Utamaro, Hiroshige, and other artists put together by the collectors Duret, Bing, Lieure, etc., and unique in the world 
• works by explorers: drawings from the Egyptian Expedition, photographs of Japan by Felice Beato, photographs of China by Thomas Child, etc.

These image collections also include orientalist works such as Georges-Louis Lerouge’s 18th century Anglo-Chinese gardens, and a large collection of pieces in Chinese and Turkish styles, etc.