Pierre-François Van Meenen

The sale catalogue drawn up at the death of Pierre-François Van Meenen includes 8,737 descriptions, numbered in continuous succession. The books are divided, following Paris bookseller tradition, in 5 classes: Théologie (nos. 1-557), Jurisprudence (nos. 558-1568), Sciences et arts (nos. 1569-5600), Belles-Lettres (nos. 5601-5421), Histoire (nos. 5422-8220b), further divided into subclasses, and a Supplément (nos. 8221-8737). The classification method is explained in the Table des matières, the index of the names is missing; the catalogue is preceded by a Notice sur Pierre-François Van Meenen.