The Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, commonly abbreviated with the acronym BHVP, is a

public library A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants. There are ...

specializing in the history of the city of

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, France. Formerly in the Hôtel Saint-Fargeau (now part of the

Musée Carnavalet The Musée Carnavalet in Paris is dedicated to the history of the city. The museum occupies two neighboring mansions: the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau. On the advice of Baron Haussmann, the civil servant wh ...

), when it was also known as the Bibliothèque Saint-Fargeau,Maurice Block (1905). ''Dictionnaire de l'administration française'', Volume 1, p. 355 (entry no. 95)
since 1969 the BHVP has been located in the Hôtel d'Angoulême Lamoignon at 24 rue Pavée, in the

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(4th arrondissement) in Paris. The old city library was located in the Paris Hôtel de Ville (city hall), which fire destroyed in May 1871. In 1872, pursuant to a bequest by Jules Cousin (1830 - 1899), the city moved to create a library devoted entirely to the history of the capital: the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris. The BHVP collection brings together documents dating from the 16th century through the present on the history of Paris and the

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region. The BHVP is open to the public, allowing access to approximately one million books and booklets, 21,000 manuscripts, as well as plans, maps, and photographs that cover a variety of aspects of Paris including topographic, historic, social, artistic, literary, etc. The BHVP is one of the specialized libraries integrated into the network of Paris municipal libraries, and houses the city's historical research service. The public access to its garden named

Hôtel-Lamoignon - Mark Ashton garden The Hôtel-Lamoignon – Mark-Ashton Garden (french: Jardin de l'Hôtel-Lamoignon – Mark-Ashton), is a green space located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris next to the . Location The garden is located at the address , in front of the , i ...

is located at 25,

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References

External links

Presentation and history of the BHVP on ''paris.fr''
(in French)
On-line catalogue of the BHVP
(in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bibliotheque historique de la ville de Paris Public libraries in France Libraries in Paris 1872 establishments in France