Bibliothèque municipale de Douai
The Bibliothèque municipale de Douai, now Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore is a library in Douai, France. Founded in 1767, it was bombed on August 11, 1944. The library reopened in 1955, in a new building designed by the architect Maurice Coasnes.
The special collections include 607 medieval manuscripts, over 300 incunables, a considerable number of works printed in Douai on hand-operated presses from 1569 onwards, and the literary remains of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore.
