Documentary Fund of the Museum of the Departmental Domain of Sceaux

Documentary collection of the departmental museum of the Domaine de Sceaux available for consultation

The Musée du Domaine départemental de Sceaux displays its collections in several prestigious buildings: the Château, the Orangerie, the Pavillon de l’Aurore, the Petit Château and the Stables. From history to art, architecture and landscape transformations, the collections evoke the Paris region and the history of the estate since the 17th century.
This dataset presents all the works available for consultation in the museum’s documentation centre. With more than 7800 books, this collection presents the artists and fields of art present in the museum as well as the themes and motifs represented in the works. It preserves an important collection on the history and heritage of the communes of the Ile-de-France.

Lexico

The abbreviations explained below refer to the values in the "Number of pages" column:
261-XVII p. = 261 and XVII pages (261 paginated in Arabic numerals, XVII paginated in Roman numerals)
586 p.-12 p. de pl. = 586 pages and 12 pages of plates
184 p.-[6] p. de pl. = 184 pages and 6 pages of unpaginated plates
p. = Page
pl. = Boards
[2] = Page numbering is not displayed in the book, it is the librarian who determines the pagination
fig. = Figures
f. = Sheets
Multiple pagination = The work includes more than three paginations

Special comments

French cataloguing standards: Z44-050 Cataloguing of Monographs - Writing the Bibliographic Description

The standards for bibliographic information are universal and can be found in all library catalogues. The museum's documentation centre is no exception. These rules are a benchmark for readers/researchers from all over the world, whether they are users of municipal libraries, universities, museums.