1968 King Charles V Poster, French Royal Library : 600 years anniversary, Bibliotheque Nationale Paris, wall art decor

This original exhibition lithograph poster is from the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, for an exhibition in 1968 featuring an image of King Charles V who founded the Royal Library in France, and this is the 600 anniversary exhibition poster. It shows King Charles V of France seated on a throne, surrounded by books and reading at a lectern in the royal library he founded in the Louvre Palace.
Original lithograph
Printer: Mourlot, Paris
Dimensions: 22 in x 17 in (56 cm x 41 cm)
Condition: some marks pin holes damage paper loss, aging and wear to paper - see photos.

The Royal Library of Charles V was founded in 1368 in the Louvre Palace in Paris, serving as the first true institutional library for the French monarchy. Charles V, known as 'the Wise,' amassed a collection of around 950 to 1,200 manuscripts, many of which were scholarly works on history, philosophy, and politics that he commissioned to be translated into French. This collection was a major symbol of royal power and learning in the late Middle Ages. However, its existence at the Louvre was short-lived; the library was dispersed in 1424 when it was sold to the English Regent, the Duke of Bedford, during the Hundred Years' War. Despite its brief life, it is recognized as the origin of the modern Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF).

What is special about exhibition and gallery posters is that they are an affordable way of getting good, unique art on the walls, as although it is not an artists original, neither is it something that has been mass reproduced.

Because of the age of these posters, there are areas of wear and tear, particularly on the edges. I have done my best to take photos where they are torn. The good news is that when framed, the tears press up well against glass, and edges can be hidden by mats. Any wear picked up from years are part of the charm.

These posters are sent as unframed. They are delivered in a cardboard tube for protection.

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