1. BEGUIN François, Arabisances, Dunod 1983, 170 pages.

This work cites the palace as a reference with respect to the style known as Arabisance and as a synthesis of local and Andalusian architectural styles (p. 91 to 96).

2. LOUATI Ali, Le Baron d’Erlanger et son palais Ennejma Ezzahra à Sidi Bou Said, Collection Patrimoine, published by Simpact, 152 pages.

This book is entirely devoted to the Erlanger Palace. It describes the circumstances under which it was commissioned and built and the impact the building had on its surroundings. The author also gives a detailed description of the palace, its ancillary buildings and the baron’s art and musical instruments collection.

3. AZZOUZ Achraf and MASSEY David, Maison de Sidi Bou Said, Dar Achraf Publications, Tunis 1993, 196 pages.

The chapter in this book devoted to Dar Ennejma Ezzahra mentions the establishment of the baron d’Erlanger in Sidi Bou Said and the purchase of the land. It gives an exalted description of the palace and the quality of life it sustained.  (pp. 84 to 95)

4. VAILLAT Leandre, Le Collier de Jasmin, Illustrations de François Quelvée, éditions l’Artisan, Paris 1946

A chapter of this book is devoted to Ennejma Ezzahra in a poetic and descriptive style (pp. 78 to 97)

5. VALENSI Victor, L’habitation tunisienne, ed. Ch. Massin, Paris 1928

BOUZOUITA Lotfi, Restoration and refurbishment of the Baron d’Erlanger Palace Ennejma Ezzahra, The Centre for Arab and Mediterranean Music in Projects around the Mediterranean: Saving Cultural Heritage 2001-2002 . The city of Hildesheim and the Hornemann Institute as beneficiaries of the MEDA project: EXPO 2000 (pp. 285-295).

5. Ennejma Ezzahra, published by the Centre for Arab and Mediterranean Music, 1995.

This brochure is a collection of articles, photographs and graphic documents referring to the listing of the monument, its restoration, its rehabilitation and to a part of its collections.

6. Tunisie pays de charme, ‘ Sidi Bou Said” published and printed by Plurigraf, Narni-Terni 1990 Italy.

This brochure refers to the history of the village of Sidi Bou Said. It mentions the site’s classification, thanks to the baron d’Erlanger’s efforts, as well as the subsequent classification of the palace.

7. Lotfi Bouzouita and Fakher Kharrat, “Restauration et réaménagement du palais Ennejma Ezzahra, le Centre des musiques arabes et méditerranéennes”, Architecture Méditerranéenne, Tunisia/1997, Marseille éditions RK.

This article was written by a group of authors from the National Agency for Heritage Presentation and Interpretation, that was appointed to oversee the restoration and rehabilitation project for the palace. The authors give an account of the various interventions carried out in this context. (pp. 16 to 19).

8. François Beguin, “Villa exotique, villa initiatique” Cultures Méditerranéennes, No125, March 1983.

The article provides a description of the palace with an architectural critique based on conceptual, comparative and historical data (pp. 34 to 36).

9. Corne Evers, “Ennejma Ezzahra” RESIDENCE, no dating from 13 January to 4 April

This article contains six photographs including outside and inside views of the place and a description in Dutch (pp. 102 to 108).

10. Vaillat Léandre,”La Maison d’un peintre tunisien”, in   Illustration, Journal Universel Hebdomadaire no4130, 80th year, 29 April 1922.(pp. 385-387)

This article praises the monument, which at the time had just been built, in elegiac terms.

11. Classification decree no577 of 29 May 1989, Official Gazette of the Tunisian Republic  (JORT) no40 of 13 June 1989.

This decree refers to the classification of the palace as a historical monument.

12.  La Presse, weekly magazine no206 of 8 November 1992 « Une maison, un homme, un palais, un phare »

This article gives an account of the Baron d’Erlanger’s work and the rehabilitation of his palace.

13.  Institut national du patrimoine – INP (National Heritage Institute) “Ennejma Ezzahra” published after the colloquium on XXth century architecture held in May 1999.

This article places the baron d’Erlanger’s palace  in the context of the Maghrebi and Andalusian architectural heritage. It provides an overview of the circumstances of its rehabilitation.

14- Lesage Denis, “L’Etoile de Vénus”, in Connaissance des Arts, no505 April 1994, Paris.

In this article the author refers to the Ennejma Ezzahra palace in terms of its architectural and artistic legacy.

14.  Haddaoui Nadia, “Le rêve oriental du Baron d’Erlanger », la Gazelle no2, the Tunisair magazine.

The article provides a description of the monument.

15.  E.N.A.U. Internship dissertation, February 1993 session, Student: Saadi Mohamed. Reference : Inventory noRS.93/8

This work refers to the restoration and rehabilitation of the palace project. It contains original plans and proposals from the National agency for heritage presentation and interpretation (ANEP), the organisation that provided the author’s internship.