Editions de Boccard, which has remained privately held, is a leader in the publication and distribution of scholarly books. Its network extends across the whole of Europe and beyond. It carries the reputations of the Ecole française de Rome, the Ecole française d'Athènes, the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, and the Institut d’Asie du Collège de France—among the most prestigious French institutions in existence. Its publications span many different subjects, such as history, literary history, art history, archaeology, palaeography, philology, musicology, law, epigraphy, sigillography, ceramology, numismatics, topography, prosopography and bibliography. Publishing and distributing about two hundreds new books per year, Boccard possesses in 2013 a general catalogue of more than 15,000 titles.