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Walter Hamilton. French Book-plates
French Book-plates
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL HISTORICAL EVENTS HEREIN ALLUDED TO
FRENCH EX-LIBRIS
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION
CHAPTER III. A FEW NOTES ON FRENCH HERALDRY
CHAPTER IV. EARLY EXAMPLES. FROM 1574 TO 1650
CHAPTER V. EXAMPLES OF EX-LIBRIS. FROM 1650 TO 1700
CHAPTER VI. EXAMPLES OF EX-LIBRIS. From 1700 TO 1789
CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST REPUBLIC
THE FIRST EMPIRE
CHAPTER VIII. THE RESTORATION, AND LOUIS PHILIPPE
THE SECOND EMPIRE
CHAPTER IX. THE FRONTIER PROVINCES
CHAPTER X. ECCLESIASTICAL EX-LIBRIS
CHAPTER XI. THE HUGUENOTS
CHAPTER XII. BOOK-PLATES OF MEDICAL MEN
CHAPTER XIII. CANTING ARMS AND PUNNING PLATES
CHAPTER XIV. PHRASES OF POSSESSION
CHAPTER XV. BOOK-PLATES OF SOME FAMOUS MEN
CHAPTER XVI. MODERN EX-LIBRIS
CHAPTER XVII. ARTISTS AND ENGRAVERS WHOSE SIGNATURES ARE FOUND UPON FRENCH BOOK-PLATES
A List of Artists and Engravers
BIBLIOGRAPHY. BEING A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS REFERRING TO FRENCH EX-LIBRIS, CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED
INDEX
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Walter Hamilton
Published by Good Press, 2019
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But what is still more singular than the omission of ex-libris from their dictionaries, is that no word, or phrase, in their own pure and beautiful language has been set apart by our neighbours to define these interesting marks of book possession.
On early French ex-libris the phrases of possession are most frequently found in Latin, as, indeed, is the case with the early book-plates of most nations. The earliest known example, and that is simply typographical, is of Ailleboust of Autun, dated 1574; it has the expression Ex bibliotheca; but it was not until about 1700 that this and similar phrases came into general use, and they were then gradually adopted in nearly the following order: Ex bibliotheca; Ex libris; Ex catalogo bibliothecæ; Ex musæo; Insigne librorum; Bibliothèque de—; Du cabinet de—; Je suis à M——; J’appartiens à——.
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