The BnF's treasure trove of bestiary. We went: here are our pictures:

We visited Animal Stories in the Mazarin Gallery at the BnF Richelieu. Under the painted ceiling, display cases showcase open manuscripts, albums of miniatures, antique globes, and deer antlers, while a feathered bird costume appears around a corner. Further on, posters like Cinzano or Poulain Orange remind us that animals can also sell. Find other new exhibitions in Paris in our selection.

A rhinoceros armored with scales, engraved by a man who had never seen one: Albrecht Dürer's Rhinoceros, conceived from a simple story, already says it all. For humans, animals are as much dreamed of as observed. This is the story that the BnF museum unfolds in the Mazarin Gallery, under the title Animal Stories. From the Middle Ages to the present day, animals permeate the arts, sciences, and literature. He is cunning in the Roman de Renart, terrifies in the guise of the Beast of Gévaudan, observes himself in Audubon's life-size birds, and then softens with Jean de Brunhoff's Babar's Travels.