Order a reproduction for non-commercial use

For documents unavailable for on-line purchase, not mentioned in the general catalogue, or which you cannot identify precisely, you have to use the estimate request form*in priority.
Lastly, for Retronews (the BnF’s Press Site), any request for reproduction or commercial use must be directly addressed to reproduction@bnf.fr.
To finalise the order, you must create an account in the BnF personal area. Once the order has been paid for, the desired product will be manufactured, subject to authorisation by the Department of Collections concerned. In the “Mes achats” (“My purchases”) section of the personal area, you can track the progress of your order, access your invoices and download reproductions ordered in digital form.

Payment methods

Credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Eurocard only), bank cheque orbank transfer.

Priority service

This service allows urgent requests to be processed within negotiated time frames for a 100% surcharge.

Discount

Students under 35 receive a 25% discount on presentation of their student card.

Delivery

1. Digital products are available for download for 15 days in the customer’s personal area.
2. Photocopies are sent at the current La Poste parcel fee or, if stated by the customer, by private courier. Digital products may be sent on CD under the same conditions.
3. Art reproductions (art prints) are sent free of charge.

Please note:

The minimum order value is €3 excluding VAT.
Products are delivered online or dispatched as soon as they have been manufactured. This means that an order comprising different products can be delivered online or dispatched in instalments, with no additional shipping costs.
* The request must specifically mention the references of the document to be reproduced. The BnF catalogues can be used to search for document references. The SINDBAD remote response service provides assistance in finding document references.

Any request to reproduce a document that is still protected by copyright must be authorised in advance by the author, their successors in title, or the company representing them. The request for authorisation is the responsibility of the customer ordering the reproduction. The BnF provides a Guide to finding rights holders for this purpose.
 
Guide to searching for copyright holders (PDF file) in French

Reproduction products and fees

The fees below are for document reproduction only. In the event of commercial use of the documents reproduced, an additional fee will be charged.

See also

Order a reproduction with a commercial use

Text document

Printed text, handwritten text, press, music score, etc.

(2) As part of a non-commercial or academic project, an order of 30 images or more from the original may be subject to special consideration and negotiated pricing. This arrangement is also possible for orders for art prints.

Sound documents

Recordings on disc, magnetic tape, etc.

Standard works consist of basic linear processing (automatic filtering and declicking), or a “straight” copy without any processing (on request).

Video document

The BnF does not provide viewing links. Prices correspond to the supply of an entire work. In the event of a request for an extract, the quotation will be drawn up on the basis of special work.

Web archives

The internet site files that have been collected by the BnF pursuant to Legal Internet Deposit (structure, texts, illustration and any other component) are made available for users. For all requests to reproduce a website, the Department of Digital Services and Images must be provided with authorisation to do so from the site’s producer. The provision of services includes the extraction from the BnF’s servers of all the files from the site collected, their copying, compression and transfer by FTP.

Surcharge and discount