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FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - MAINE ET LOIRE (49) - CASTLE OF SERRANT : THE LIBRARY IS THE JEWEL OF THE CASTLE. IT CONTAINS 12,000 BOOKS, WHICH WERE CLASSIFIED AS A HISTORIC MONUMENT IN 2001. THE OLD BOOKS ARE CAREFULLY ALIGNED IN THE SHELVES. AMONG THEM, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DIDEROT AND ALEMBERT, THE DESCRIPTIONS OF EGYPT, THE ENGRAVINGS OF PIRANESI OR THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE FABLES DE LA FONTAINE, WITH THEIR MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVINGS EXECUTED BY JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY (IN THE FOREGROUND, ON THE BILLIARD TABLE). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM