building not being affected by the fire of 1870. There are 169 works preserved from the Carthusian library of Molsheim, consisting of two incunabula, 41 works from the 16th century, 123 from the 17th century and three from the 18th century. In addition to this collection, a few very rare works have been preserved elsewhere, at Mont-Sainte-Odile (seven works), at the Bischenberg convent (one work), in the present-day Musée de la Chartreuse in Molsheim (three works), at the Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire (one work) and at the convent of the Sisters of Divine Providence in Ribeauvillé (one work). The end of the monastery On July 13, 1790, the public prosecutor of the commune of Molsheim ordered the mayor, Jean-Jacques Belling, rather in favour of the monks, to go and make an inventory of the monastery. The latter complied, accompanied by two municipal agents. This visit was not immediately followed up; on December 23 of the same year, the municipal commission questioned the Carthusian monks about their desire to continue religious life in their monastery. The monks were unanimous in their desire to stay and refused to mix with other monastic orders, which was also proposed to them. On the following March 11, the municipality of Dorlisheim was authorised to take possession of the Moulin de la Chartreuse (120 years later, this mill was bought by Ettore Bugatti, who built his factory there). 11 days after this seizure, Ambroise Müller was the last brother to be buried in the charterhouse graveyard. The first departures took place in the wake of this, with five fathers and one brother leaving the monastery. On July 12, 1791, the order to force the monks to leave was given to the municipality. On August 17, all the gold and silver of the monastery were confiscated to be melted into money. On September 12, a "friend of the Constitution", Joseph Klein, violently denounced the mayor who was too close to the monks for his taste and suggested, not only the expulsion of the Carthusian monks, the renting of the cells and the sale of the stained glass windows, but the transformation of the cloister into a shopping arcade. On the night of November 23, 1791, an obviously deliberate fire affected the roofs of the church, the library and eight cells. The monastery's critics accused the monks of having caused the fire and had an initial shipment of