Some of this information must necessarily be conjectural, and Mons. Poulet-Malassis mentions certain artists and engravers of book-plates of whose work it has not been possible either to obtain copies, or any information whatever.
For facility of reference a strictly alphabetical arrangement of the names has been adopted.
Wherever it was possible, the inscriptions and signatures have been copied from the book-plates themselves, carefully preserving the arbitrary contractions, the obsolete orthography, and even the errors and the faulty accentuation found on many of them.
It will be observed that Mr. as a contraction for Monsieur was formerly more generally used in France than it now is, whilst Escuyer, Escuier, or Ecuyer (for Esquire) was occasionally added after a gentleman’s name, a custom which has, since the Revolution, become quite obsolete.
One of the latest examples of the use of this title will be found on the ex-libris of Jean François-Gillet, dated 1778, of which a reproduction appears on p. 96.
A List of Artists and Engravers.
Abot.
Engraved a plate for M.
Greppe. Designed by Giacomelli.
Modern.
Tancrède Abraham.
Château de Ruillé. (De la
Planche, Comte de Ruillé.)
1874. Armorial.
Adeline, Jules.
Ex-libris de Champfleury dessiné
et gravé par J. Adeline.
Portrait plate. Modern.
(See also Aglaüs Bouvenne.)
M. Henri Bouchot reproduced
several works by this
artist.
Agry. 14 Castiglione. Maison
Bouvet (Paris). Modern.
Bibliothèque de Mouchy.
Armorial.
Bibliothèque de Lafitte.
Alès Sc.
Hilarii Grésy, 1868. Pictorial.
Ex-libris Gustave Chancel,
1876. Pictorial.
Aliamet Scul. (See Eisen.)
On a nameless armorial, designed
by C. Eisen for
Claude Antoine de Choiseul-Beaupré.
18th cent.
“J. Aliamet” on the nameless
armorial, designed by C.
Eisen, for the Marquis de
Paulmy.
Allin Sculp. fecit.
Robert Jehannot de Beaumont,
Conseilleur du Roy,
etc., Verdun, 1742.
Armorial.
Conrad Robert, Comte de
Wignacourt, Major au Regiment,
etc. Armorial.
Aloys Comte la Rosée, fecit
1760, on a library interior,
name indistinct; and on the
plate of Theod. Cte. Morawitzky,
1770.
Aloys, comes de la Rosée, inv.
del. et sculpst., on his own
ex-libris, dated 1769. He was
a German from the
Rhine provinces.
Ancelet, E. 19th cent.
Andouard. 18th cent.
André, Henry. Modern.
Jules Lermina. Symbolic
plate.
Alex. Geoffrey. 1893.
Henry André, Secrétaire de
la Société Française, etc.
1893.
Paul Vibert. Portrait plate.
Thre. Vibert. Portrait plate.
Louis Bihn. 1893.
Abel Picard. A view of the
book-stalls on the quays
of Paris.
Ch. Guinot. 1894.
Léon Quantin. 1894.
Henry André 1894. Portrait.
Auguste-Geoffroy. 1895.
F. Bargallo. 1895. Allegorical.
L. P. Couraud. Pictorial.
Jan-des-Vignes. 1896.
Ex Libris P. P. Capucinorum
Conventus Parisiensis.
1896.
Docteur Jules Le Bayon.
1896.
Ex Libris du Marquis de
Gourdon de l’Echo.
Armorial.
Apoux. Modern.
Ex Libris Lucien Bodin.
Pictorial. Motto, “Oh!
combien gai c’est!”
Aribaud, J. P. 18th cent.
Arthaud. 18th cent.
Aublé. 18th cent.
P. Audinet Sculp.
Rev. H. S. Cotton. Angling
scene.
Audran, J. 18th cent.
Engraved the monogram trophy
plate for Louis XV.,
designed by A. Dieu.
Auger, E. Modern.
Designed the plate for Mons.
Charles Givelet of Reims.
Motto, “Remensia colui,
mihi et amicis.” Engraved
by A. Bellevoie. (See Les
Bibliophiles Rémois, pp.
101, 116.)
Augustus In. et Sculp.
Madame De Bouchard. Label.
18th cent.
Auroux, N. 17th cent.
A. Aveline Sculp.
On the armorial ex-libris of
Carolus de Brosses, Comes
Tornaci, Baro Montis, etc.,
with the motto “Homunculi
quanti sunt.” 18th cent.
M. Poulet-Malassis devotes
considerable space to this
very little man—Charles de
Brosses—and his quarrel
with Voltaire. De Brosses
had two other armorial
book-plates engraved by
Durand, from which the
unfortunate motto was
omitted.
Charles de Brosses, Comte de
Tournay, was born in Dijon
in 1709, and died in Paris in
1777. He was a true bibliophile,
and his books were
sumptuously bound in morocco
stamped with his
arms—azure three trefoils
or.
They were sold in Dijon in
1778. See an illustrated
article on his ex-libris in
“Les Archives de la Société
Française,” Jany., 1896.
Avisse fecit. (Signature indistinct.)
Josephi Xaupi, 1750 and 1765.
Ecclesiastical.
Avril, Paul. Modern.
Philippe Gille.
Ex-Libris H. S. Ashbee. 1890.
Portrait rebus plate.
Ex-Libris Geo. B. de Forest
(of New York). Library
interior.
A. B. del.
M. Arthur Benoit, of Berthelming
in Alsace, designed
several book-plates for himself
and for his late brother
Mons. Louis Benoit, librarian
to the city of Nancy.
These ex-libris contain views
of Alsatian buildings and
costumes.
Mons. A. Benoit designed a
modern plate for himself,
copied from a library device
of the last century; Motto,
“Avec le temps.”
See “Petite Revue d’Ex libris
Alsaciens,” p. 37.
Bacheley, del. et sculp. 1768.
P. R. Le Cornier de Cideville.
Armorial.
Baltazard. 1755.
L. F. Baour, fecit.
P. L. de Carbon, sen.
Armorial. 18th cent.
Baquoy, C. 18th cent.
Barbat, à Chalons, 19th cent.
Ex libris C. Remy. Armorial.
Mons. Charles Remy, Membre
de l’Académie de
Reims, carries the arms of
a Chevalier de l’Empire, a
title granted to his father,
the Baron Claude Charles
Remy, on April 25, 1811.
(See “Les Bibliophiles
Rémois,” p. 117.)
C. Baron Sculp.
Bibliothèque de Madame
Victoire de France. 18th
cent.
This has the arms of
France in a lozenge. (See
p. 53, “Ladies’ Book-plates.”)
Baumés fecit.
Ex-libris D. D. Postic.
Armorial. 18th cent.
Reproduced in “Ex-Libris
Ana.”
Baumés, à Montpellier. 18th
cent.
Beau, fils. 18th cent.
Beaumont fecit.
On the armorial Ex Libris
Vaucresson de Cormainville,
etc., 1743.
And “Gravé par Beaumont,
gravr ordre de la ville,” on
the “Ex-libris D. Jacobi
Olivarii Vallée, Equitis, regi
à Consilius, et in Camerâ
regiarum Rationum Magistri
Anno 1730.” Armorial.
Two supporters.
H. Bécat inv.
Signed the large allegorical
“Ex-libris Thomæ Gueulette
et amicorum.” With the
motto, “Dulce est desipere
in Loco.” See reproduction.
Simon-Thomas Gueulette was
a prolific writer of farces for
the Théâtre Italien, and the
Théâtre des Boulevards; he
died in 1766.
Béha, Lith. Metz.
Ex-libris Arthur Benoit.
Modern; armorial.
Beillet Impr. 35 Quai de la
Tournelle. Modern.
Bibliothèque de Mme. la
Comtesse de Montblanc,
Baronne d’Ingelmunster.
Armorial.
J. D. Beleau, à Rouen, 1724.
Belille, à Verdun. 19th cent.
Bellange, Jacques. Painter
and etcher. Born at Nancy,
October 13th, 1594; died
about 1638.
He is supposed to have engraved
the large armorial
plate for Melchior de la
Vallée, dated 1613. (See
“Archives de la Société
Française,” vol. ii., February,
1895.)
Bellanger Inv. et Sc.
Signed an allegorical book-plate
for Simon Thomas
Gueulette, the novelist and
farce writer, who died in
1766. (See also H. Bécat.)
Bellevoye, Adolphe.
Modern.
Mons. Bellevoye, an engraver,
formerly of Metz, afterwards
of Reims. Engraved
a landscape plate for himself,
inscribed: “Bibliothèque
d’Adolphe Bellevoye
de Metz”; also the plates
for Mons. Charles Givelet
and Mons. Anatole Paroissien.
(See “Les Bibliophiles
Rémois,” pp. 91, 101, and
113.)
Berain C., 17th cent.
Berger D., 1786.
Berlier. 1740.
Bert, J., à Granmont. 18th cent.
Berthault sculp. 1777.
Ex Museo J. G. R. Boscheron.
Armorial.
Bes. 18th cent.
Beugnet. 1769.
Le Comte de Luzignem.
Armorial.
Bida, Alexandre. 19th cent.
Designed a book-plate for
Mons. Félix Solar. It was
engraved by M. Pollet.
M. Solar had a second book-plate
engraved by Paul
Chenay.
Bidault. 1707.
Nameless armorial, no motto.
Billé. 18th cent.
Binard, J. Modern.
Ex Bib: Michaelis Chasles.
Engraved label.
Bis, à Douay. 18th cent.
Bizémont-prunelé (André-Gaspard
Parfait, Comte de
Bizémont-Prunelé.)
Signed Bizémont, sc., London,
1794 on his ornamental
card: “M. Bizemont, Drawing
Master, 19, Norton
Street, near Portland
Street.” He was then residing
in London as a
political refugee, earning
his living by his talents.
There is a plate, which was
designed and engraved for
him by Ch. Gaucher in 1781,
on which his full names and
title are given.
M. Bizémont-Prunelé also
etched a pictorial plate for
his wife, Marie Catherine
d’Hallot.
J. Blocquet, 1672.
The large nameless armorial
plate of Charles Maurice
le Tellier, archevêque de
Reims. (See M. Poulet-Malassis,
page 23.)
Boily, L.
Nameless armorial. Motto,
“Sine macula.”
L. Boisson Sc. (1881.)
Ex-libris C. Sagnier, Juin, 81.
Pictorial.
Bonnard. J. B. H. 17th cent.
E. Bonnejoy del. et sc., 1875.
Ex Libris Docteur Bonnejoy.
Pictorial. Motto. “Salus
ex aquis.” (The Doctor is
a vegetarian, and an abstainer.)
J. Bonneton scul. 1888.
J. Bonneton, président du tribunal.
Library interior.
De Bonrecueille. 18th cent.
Ed. Bouchardon in. del.
On the plate of Louise le
Daulceur, engraved by herself.
(See also Louise le
Daulceur.) 18th cent.
Boucher, Francois. 18th cent.
Designed the plate, but did
not sign it, for Le Président
Hénault de l’Académie
Française. It was engraved
by the Comte de Caylus.
(See Poulet-Malassis, pp. 28,
33, and 58.)
Ex Libris Joannis Laurentii
Aublé, signed “F. Bouchier
in. Pariset Sc.”
This handsome armorial
plate is reproduced by
Poulet-Malassis, p. 58.
Ex-libris de Crozat, baron de
Thiers. Armorial.
Reproduced by H. Bouchot.
F. B. inv. is also found on
the nameless plate of the
Chevalier de Valori, with
J. H. V. (Valori), scul.
Bouchy Sculp.
Steph. Ign., et Joan. Jac.
Michelet fratres, Capellani
Sti. Petri Bisontini 1714.
Signed the following—“Bouchy
Sculp. Vesuntione:—”
Ant. Ign. de Camus de Filain,
1732.
Ex Libris Antonii Lengroignet,
1732.
And another plate dated 1739.
Boullay, J. 19th cent.
Boulonois fecit. 18th cent.
Signed the large decorated
armorial “Ex-libris Franc.
Le Vignon Doct. Me. Paris.”
Bourcier, Jeanne.
Signed Grae. de Jeanne Bourcier,
Bar le Duc, 1760, on
the armorial plate of Antoine
de la Falloize, Seigneur du
Bau de Chaumont.
Bourgeois. 18th cent.
Boutet, Henri. Modern
Ernest Maindron (a collector).
Ex-libris Catel. Fantaisie.
Motto, “Nocturna versate
manu, versate diurna.”
Bouvenne, Aglaüs.
Designed and engraved the
following:
Ex-libris Ch. Asselineau, with
the curious enigmatical
motto, “La femme qui n’est
pas la colombe et le roseau
est un monstre.” M. Asselinea
had another book-plate
by Braquemond.
He was an employé in the
Bibliothèque Mazarine, and
produced some bibliographical
works. He died
in June, 1874.
Jules Cousin. A punning
plate (a gnat).
A mon cher Edouard Castillon-Aglaüs
Bouvenne, 1882.
Motto, “Travail liberté.”
Ex Libris Mario Proth.
(Author and Art Critic.)
Motto, “Sempre Vagare.”
Maurice Tourneux. Author
and critic, died in 1867.
Ex Libris Alexis Martin, 1868.
Pictorial.
Théophile Gautier.
Monogram. 1872.
Ex Libris Champfleury, 1874.
Eau-forte.
Ex Libris François Coppée.
Monogram on a lyre.
L. West, 1876.
Library interior.
Victor Hugo. View of the
Towers of Notre Dame,
Paris, 1870.
Octave Uzanne, 1882.
Pictorial. Author and art
critic.
Monogram (for M. Benoit).
Motto, “Avec le temps,”
Signed, Agaus (sic) Bouvenne,
Inv. Sculp. ’83.
Ex Libris de Madame la
Comtesse de Noë, 1888.
Fantaisie.
For M. Léon Sapin the Bookseller
of the Rue Bonaparte,
Paris, a plate showing an
avenue of fir trees (Sapins)
Signed, Aglaüs Bouvenne
sc. à l’ami L. Sapin. (See
“Archives de la Société
Française,” May, 1895.)
Bracquemond del. et sculp. on
the cypher book-plate of
Aglaüs Bouvenne, 1875.
Motto, “Colligebat—quis
perficiet.”
Mons. Félix Braquemond also
designed the following
plates:
A monogram plate for Paul
Arnauldet, signed B. Motto,
“Nunquam amicorum.”
Charles Asselineau.
Philippe Burty.
An allegorical design for
this author, art critic and
collector. Motto, “Libre et
fidèle.”
Georges Pouchet.
Edouard Manet, the painter.
With the motto “Manet
et manebit.” In the first
state there were accessories
peculiar to the worship of
Priapus, which were removed.
Christophe, the sculptor.
He also designed a plate for
himself. (See Poulet-Malassis,
p. 38.)
Branche. 18th cent.
“Bibliothèque de M. de Villiers
du Terrage, Pr. commis des
Finances.”
This was an armorial
plate, style Louis XVI.,
the owner of which was
a Viscount, yet bore the
coronet of a Marquis. He
survived the revolution,
aristocrat though he was,
and served in the Ministry
of Police, under the first
Empire and the Restoration.
Braspacher. 1775.
Bréant. 18th cent.
Brenet fecit.
Louis Pfyffer de Wyher, Capitaine
aux Gardes Suisses.
Armorial. 18th cent.
Ce livre Appartient à Mr. Le
Maire. Armorial.
R. Brichet inv. sculp.
I. Ph. Grauss. Armorial.
Dumont de Valdajou.
Chirurgien. Armorial. 18th
cent. (See reproduction.)
Briot, Isaac. 17th cent.
Signed “Briot” on the plate
of Claude Sarrau, who died
in 1651.
Isaac Briot signed an engraving
of Henri IV. lying in
state, dated 1610.
Brochery fecit.
J. Hoop. Pictorial plate, no
arms or motto. 18th cent.
Brochery, Thérèse.
On the ex-libris of Alexis
Foissey of Dunkirk. Two
states, one with coronet, one
without. 18th cent.
B. H. de Brockes.
Clemens Augustus. 1760.
Ecclesiastical.
Brondes.
“Joannis Baptistae Grenier
Caus. Patroni.” Armorial.
Brupacher fec.
Ex: Lib: Monast: St. Petri.
Montis Majoris 1765.
Armorial. Ecclesiastical.
Buhot, Felix. A famous
etcher and book illustrator,
born at Valognes in Normandy,
but now resident in
Paris.
M. Octave Uzanne wrote a
critical account of his works
in “Le Livre” for March,
1888, but no mention is made
of any ex-libris engraved by
him.
Burdet. 19th cent.
Burty, J. 3 Rue de la Vle.
Estrapade.
Lejay, fils ainé. Rue St.
Etienne des Grès, 12, Paris.
Landscape.
C. (Comte de Caylus.)
Engraved the plate designed
by Boucher for Le Président
Hénault de l’Académie
Française. 18th cent.
(See Poulet-Malassis.)
Callot, Jaques. Of Nancy,
died 1635.
I have never heard of an ex-libris
by this famous engraver,
but some may yet be
found, as he had a preference
for fine small work
suitable for this purpose.
Calmettes, F. 19th cent.
De la Bibliothèque de Madame
Anatole France.
Engraved label.
Carpentier, J. B. 18th cent.
Cars, J. F. 18th cent.
Catelin, J. B. 18th cent.
Cathey. 18th cent.
cava, F. 18th cent.
Chabany.
De Maridort. Armorial.
Chappron, P. H. Meûnier.
Engraved an armorial plate
for himself, dated
(See “Les Bibliophiles
Rémois,” p. 57.)
Charles, C.
J. G. F. Chassel, 1792. (See
Warren’s “Guide,” p. 147.)
“C. Charles in.” on a nameless
plate, dated 1739, signed J.
C. Frans. sculp.
Charpentier. 1709.
Chauveau, François. (Died
in 1676.)
Ex-libris de Clerget.
Armorial.
A majestic armorial plate for
Jérôme Bignon, is also attributed
to Chauveau.
Chauvet, J. Modern.
Ex Libris D. Jouast. (A journalist.)
H. S. Ashbee (of London).
Cheffer, A. Grav. 22, Rue
Dauphine. Modern.
Paul Chenay Sculp.
Ex-libris F. Solar. Modern.
This plate is after a design by
Andrea del Sarto, and was
printed on the catalogue
of the library of M. Solar,
sold in 1860.
Mons. Félix Solar had another
ex-libris, designed by Bida,
and engraved by Pollet.
L. Chenu. F. 1780. Desmaison
invenit.
Ex-Libris Bouju. Armorial.
Chevalier. 17th cent.
Chevalier sculp. 18th cent.
M. L’Abbé Desmarestz. Armorial.
Ecclesiastical.
Chevrier, L. Modern.
A nameless etched plate, dated
1875, representing a child
beneath a pile of old books.
Chinon, B. 18th cent.
P. P. Choffard fecit.
On the plates of De Cursay,
de Landry, etc., 1756.
De Cursay-Thomasseau, 1756.
Ex-libris de Buissy, 1759.
Franc. Jos. Ant. Hell (of Alsace),
1773.
Ex-libris Souchay, Eqis. Lugduni
“C. Monet del. P. P.
Choffard, sculp. 1776.” This
handsome plate is reproduced
in “Ex-Libris Ana.”
Jean Armand Tronchin, 1779.
Thellusson, 1782. Poulet-Malassis
speaks of Thellusson
as a Prussian Baron,
whereas he was a descendant
of a French Protestant
family, and in 1806 was
created Baron Rendlesham
in the peerage of Ireland.
Andreas de Salis, Curia Rhaetorum.
Pinsot d’Armand.
M. Henri Bouchot reproduces
a lady’s armorial plate,
nameless, engraved by
Choffard, after a design by
Moreau le Jeune.
Chollet. 18th cent.
Choubard sculp.
H. Christophe Lith. Nancy.
Ex Libris A. Benoit, Berthelmingen,
1894.
Ex Libris Francisci de Chanteau.
L. Christophe Nancy, 1852.
M. Ch. de Beauminy.
Armorial; literary.
Clouzier, A. 18th cent.
Cochin, Charles Nicolas.
Known as Cochin fils. 18th
cent.
He signed a nameless plate
Cochin inv. 1750. (De Lafosse,
sc.)
Also a nameless armorial
plate for the Abbé Leblanc.
C. Cochin filius inv. (C. O.
Galimard, sculp.), and another
for Poisson de Marigny,
dated 1752.
He also designed an armorial
plate for the Marquise de
Pompadour. (See Poulet-Malassis,
p. 60.)
C. N. C. d. (Cochin fils.)
Ex Libris Le Vassor de la
Touche. (See J. Ingram.)
L. P. C. inv.
On the plate of L. P. Couraud,
also signed Henry-André
del. et sc.
Mons. Couraud also designed
an armorial plate for himself.
Cochon, J. Modern.
Ex Libris M. Descoutures.
Cole. 18th cent.
J. Colin. 1685.
Colinet fecit. 18th cent.
M. Thierry de Villedavray.
Armorial.
Collard. 18th cent.
Collin, Dominique (known as
Collin père). 18th cent.
This famous engraver was
born at Mirécourt, in Lorraine,
in 1725. He first
studied engraving under a
goldsmith in Metz, and
afterwards under Jean
Striedbeck of Strasburg.
In 1752 Collin married and
settled in Nancy, where he
soon acquired a reputation,
and was named engraver to
the town, and also to the
King of Poland, Stanislas,
Duc de Lorraine et de Bar.
He died in Nancy, December
21st, 1781. He produced
more than 300 engravings,
on many of which he signed
himself “graveur du feu roi
de Pologne.”
A catalogue of his works was
given by Mons. le Conseiller
Beaupré in “Les Mémoires
de la Société d’Archéologie
Lorraine,” and a supplemental
list, drawn up by
Mons. A. Benoit, with illustrations,
appeared in the
“Archives de la Société
Française,” April, 1895.
His son, Yves Dominique
Collin, also worked on
book-plates, and, judging
by the few known examples
of his work, would probably
have surpassed his
father, but, unfortunately,
his career was brief. He
was born in Nancy, in February,
1753, and died in the
same city on April 26th,
1792. He signed his plates
Y. D. Collin, fils.
The following is a list of the
known book-plates of Dominique
Collin; his mode of
signature varied, and he
spelt his name Collin or
Colin indifferently.
Bourgeois.
Des Salles.
Du Perron.
Aubrussel.
Charles, Comte de Lavaux, etc.
Lespée.
Maillart.
Mengin.
Regnard de Gironcourt.
Riston. (See reproduction.)
Bibliothèque de Mr. J.
Anthoine. (Very rare plate.)
Armorial. Library interior.
Hr. M. B. Bach. Armorial;
signed D. Colin fecit, 1747.
Reproduced in the “Archives
de la Société Française,”
April, 1895, as the
earliest known dated ex-libris
engraved by Collin
in Alsace.
Nameless armorial, dated 1748.
Friedrich Alexander Freyherr
von Schell. Signed D. Colin
fecit, 1751.
Nameless armorial, with supporters,
1750.
Bibliotècque de Mr. Héré.
1752. Armorial; pictorial.
(See reproduction.)
Nameless armorial, dated
1754.
Sirejean Fils. 1754.
Armorial; pictorial.
M. Thibault, Conseiller
d’Etat, Procureur Général
de la Chambre des Comptes.
1756. Signed Collin sculp.
Nanceii.
Bibliothèque de R. Willemet.
Mtre. Apothicaire a Nancy.
Pictorial. Signed Collin,
graveur du feu Roi de Pologne,
duc de Lorraine.
Le Comte de Carvoisin.
Armorial.
Y. C. Monogram on a cartouche,
signed à Nancy par
Collin graveur du feu Roi
de Pologne. A very scarce
example. Reproduced in
“Archives de la Société
Française,” May, 1895.
A nameless armorial, dated
1756. (Millet de Chevers.)
Bibliothèque de D. Laflize,
Maitre en Chirurgie à
Nancy. 1768.
Another plate of D. la Flize,
Doct. en Médecine, with a
different inscription, and not
dated.
Two plates for M. Thouvenin,
Consr. du Roy. 1769.
Ex-libris Ant. Jeanjean, Can.
ad St. Pet., etc.
Le Chanoine Jeanjean
died about 1791. (See
“Archives de la Société
Française,” July, 1895.)
Collin, Y. D. 18th cent.
Yves Dominique Collin fils
(son of the preceding).
Aubert, 1787.
Malvoisin, abbé commendataire
de Sainte Sauve
(Amiens), 1785.
Also a nameless armorial, not
dated, which is reproduced
in the “Archives de la
Société Française” for
April, 1895.
Collin, à Reims. 17th cent.
Collin, J. 18th cent.
Colot. 18th cent.
Companon deli.
Mondolet. Armorial.
Coquardon. 18th cent.
Cordier. 18th cent.
Corlet fecit.
Nicolas Jean Baudelot,
Capitaine des Bombardiers
du Roy. Armorial. 18th
cent.
Coupeau, Ch. G.
A. J. S. Armorial; pictorial.
J. de Courbes fecit.
Nameless armorial. Motto,
“In manus tuas Domine
sortes meae.” 17th cent.
Courboin, François. Modern.
P. G. Audigier.
Ex Libris G. Bourcard.
Fantaisie.
Monsieur F. Buhot. Fantaisie.
Ex Libris G. de Gayffier.
(Poet.) Armorial.
Ch. Courtry. Aqua forti, 1894.
On the portrait plate of Henry
André.
Coutellier sculp.
Nameless armorial plate, no
motto. 18th cent.
Croisey sculp. 18th cent.
Mérard de Saint-Just.
Armorial, with supporters.
Motto, “L’Honneur et
l’Amour.” Reproduced in
“Ex-Libris Ana.”
Cys, A. T. (See Adrien Théry,
à Cisoing.)
Danchin à Cambray. 18th
cent.
Ex Libris De Warenghien de
Flory. Armorial.
Domini de Wavrechin.
Armorial; pictorial.
Dapsol, fecit.
De la Bibliothèque de Mr.
Milange de St. Genez. 1787.
Armorial.
Denis Gilbert Rouher, Abbé
du Chapitre d’Artonne, Curé
de Chaptuzat, 1787.
Armorial; ecclesiastical.
L. Dardel, sculp. Modern.
The armorial plate of Mons.
Anatole de Barthélemy,
membre honoraire de
l’Académie de Reims.
Motto, “Quod natura dedit
tollere nemo potest.”
Reproduced in “Les Bibliophiles
Rémois,” p. 90.
Daudin.
Michaeli Begon et amicis.
1702. (See reproduction.)
Daulceur, Louise. (See Le
Daulceur.)
David. 18th cent.
Debey, F.
Biblioth. D. D. de Fréval.
Armorial. 18th cent.
Decaché. 18th cent.
Dejean. 18th cent.
Delafosse sculpsit. 1751.
Nameless library interior for
the Académie de Nancy.
Motto, “Animum censoris
sumet honesti.” Designed
by H. Gravelot.
He also engraved a nameless
armorial, designed by Cochin
fils in 1750.
De la Gardette fecit.
Designed and engraved the
armorial—“De la Bibliothèque
de M. Lavoisier de
l’Académie Royale des Sciences,
regisseur des Poudres
et Salpetres de France. Fer
General du Roy.”
Armorial, coronet of count,
and supporters. The title of
“Fermier Général du Roy”
cost this man of science his
life; he was guillotined,
May 7, 1794.
This plate, in pure Louis
XVI. style, was reproduced
by Poulet-Malassis.
Delaitre. 18th cent.
A library interior plate, having
the inscription “D. D. Le
Leu D’Aubilly, dicat qui
gratitud coelo sculp Delaitre.”
Beneath the design is a
small shield, bearing azur,
a chevron or, between
three wolves’ heads. The
D’Aubilly is an old-established
Rémois family, to
whom the artist was under
obligations.
This interesting plate is
reproduced in “Les Bibliophiles
Rémois,” p. 103.
Delarbre. 18th cent.
Delatre, Ch. Modern.
Ex-libris Alberti Metzger,
Milhusini. Armorial. (See
reproduction.)
De Launay le jeune sculp.
1779, on the armorial Ex
Libris Duché, designed by
P. Marillier. (See reproduction.)
Delauney. 19th cent.
Donné à la Bibliothèque de
la Ville de Paris, par——
MDCCC.
Armorial; pictorial.
Delcourt fils, à Tournay.
18th cent.
P. Deloysi sc. 17th cent.
On the handsome nameless
armorial plate of Pierre
Sarragoz, of Besançon, who
died in 1649. Reproduced
in “Ex-Libris Ana.”
Pierre Deloysi, styled Le
Vieux, was a goldsmith and
coin engraver in Besançon.
Engravings by him are
now very rare.
Delteil, Loys. Modern.
D’Elvaux Sc.
On a nameless plate designed
by Monnet. 18th cent.
D’Embrun. 18th cent.
Demengeot, C. 19th cent.
Signed, “Inv. & Sculpt.” on
the library interior, inscribed
“Bibliothèque de Francisque
Sarcey.”
De Meuse. 18th cent.
Demille, M. 19th cent.
De Monchi.
“Papillon minoris.” Canting
arms.
Deniszard, inv. et sculps.
On the ecclesiastical plate of
P. N. Vingtdeux, a priest
bibliophile of the eighteenth
century. (See “Les Bibliophiles
Rémois,” p. 85.)
Derond f.
A. Leguien. Decorated
shield.
Derond, J. 18th cent.
Descaves, A. 19th cent.
Desmaison invenit, 1780. L.
Chenu, f.
Ex-Libris Bouju. Armorial.
Desnoyers. 19th cent.
Deunel Sculp. 1767.
On a nameless plate having
the Grimaldi arms. This
might have belonged to
Charles Maurice Grimaldi,
chevalier de Monaco, comte
de Valentinois, who died in
1790. Motto: “Deo Juvante.”
Devambez, Graveur à Paris.
Auguste Vincent. (Musical
Composer.) Design, musical
instruments. Modern.
L. P. Couraud.
Bibliothèque de Charles Monselet.
Library interior.
(See reproduction.)
Dieu, A. 18th cent.
Designed the handsome monogram
and trophy ex-libris
of Louis XV., which was
engraved by J. Audran.
Digout, Nicolas. Modern.
Bibliothèque de Madame
Chavernac. Motto: “To
kill time or amend, I am
a ready friend.” Armorial;
pictorial.
A. Docaigne fecit, 1762.
Le Commissaire Laumonier.
Armorial.
D’orvasy, à Nancy. 18th
cent.
Doyen. 18th cent.
Dreer. 18th cent.
Drevet, C. 18th cent.
F. Gumbert Droz fecit.
On the armorial plate of
Philipe de Reynold. 1730.
(Possibly Swiss.)
Dudout. Or Dudouit.
De Flaghac, Capne. de Dragons.
1779. Armorial.
Motto, “Laudate anima
mea Dominum.”
Duflocq. 18th cent.
Cl. Duflos sculpsit.
On a handsome armorial plate
(after a design by Sebastien
Le Clerc) in 1701 for Geoffroy,
ancien grand garde du
corps des Apothicaires de
Paris.
“Matthaeus Franciscus Geoffroy,
Pharmacopoeorum
Parisiensium antiquior
Praefectus, aedilis et consul.”
Motto, “Turris fortissima
Deus.”
Dufour-Bouquot. 19th cent.
Dumont. Modern.
A landscape with initials A.
D. (Mons. A. Duriez.) 1893.
Du Palluet. 18th cent.
Duplais-Destouches. 1890.
Bibliothèque du Docteur Félix
Durosier.
Punning armorial.
Duplessis. 18th cent.
Dupont del. et sculp.
Ex Libris A. Kuhnholtz
Lordat. Armorial; pictorial.
Modern.
Dupré, J. R. 18th cent.
Durand. 18th cent.
Mr. de Fenille. Armorial.
“George Mquis de Massol de
Serville. Lant Colonel de
Cavrie. Fils a Guillaume
Lant General des armés
du Roy.” Armorial.
Carolus de Brasses, Comes
Tornaci, etc. (who died in
1777).
Two armorial plates, similar
in design, but having different
inscriptions. (See “Les
Archives de la Société Française,”
January, 1896.)
See A. Aveline for more details.
Ex-libris Thomassin.
Armorial.
Mr. De D’Alleray. Pictorial.
J. L. Ainard de Clermont-Tonnere.
Abbatis, etc.
Armorial; ecclesiastical.
A. Durand, Paris.
Dacquet. Pictorial.
This appears to be an old
design re-engraved.
Reproduced by Poulet-Malassis,
p. 3, 2nd edition.
He considers the design to
be of Flemish origin.
Durand, D. V. 18th cent.
Named by Poulet-Malassis.
Durand, à Lyon. 19th cent.
Named by Poulet-Malassis.
Durand. Lith. Melun.
Ex Libris P. Guiraudi, 1680-1880.
With the arms of
Renaud, Genas, and Comte
de Balincourt. Motto,
“Da laborem dabo fructus.”
Durig Sc.
Magon de Terlaye. Armorial.
Durig, à Lille. 18th cent.
Seraphin Malfait. Negociant
à Lille. Pictorial.
Duseigneur, A. 19th cent.
Dussigmert, M. 1874.
Eisen, Charles.
Mde. d’Arconville. C. Eisen
del. Louise Le Daulceur
sculp, et in.
à M. d’Arconville. 1749. A
pictorial plate designed by
Louise Le Daulceur.
A nameless plate of M. de
Monteynard (see Poulet-Malassis
pp. 28, 61), engraved
by Le Mire.
Ch. Eisen invenit, on the
nameless armorial of the
Bishop Choiseul-Beaupré;
C. Eisen del. on a nameless
plate, dated 1749, and engraved
by R. Strange; and
Eisen inv. on a nameless
plate bearing the arms of
the Marquis de Paulmy.
It was to this marquis that
Eisen dedicated his work
entitled “Œuvre suivie
contenant différents sujets de
décorations et d’ornements,
etc.” This contained many
heraldic designs, cartouches
and decorative garlands,
from which the engravers
of his time frequently borrowed
hints for the ornamentation
of their heraldic
ex-libris.
Etioles.
Mr. P. L. N. Meulan.
Armorial.
Fassole, C. H. Strasbourg.
Modern.
Albert Richard. Pictorial.
Faugrand. 18th cent.
Faure. 18th cent.
Fays. 1784.
De la Bibliothèque de Mr.
Fays. Par son fils en 1784.
Armorial.
Fériet, A. de (Nancy).
A. Bretagne. Directeur des
contributions directes. Nancy.
Pictorial. Modern.
Signed, H. Christophe, exc.
Ex-libris Francisci de Chanteau.
Armorial; pictorial.
Signed, H. Christophe, exc.
Nancy.
Leon Germain. Nancy.
Pictorial.
Ferrand Sculp. 1730.
Michel, Comte de Faultrières,
Exempt des Gardes
du Corps, etc. Armorial.
Motto, “Tendre et Feal.”
(See reproduction.)
Et. Fessard sculp. 1737.
On the plate of Jacobus Henricus
Tribourdet, designed
by H. Gravelot.
C. Fichor del. 1874. Ad Varin sc.
Bibliothèque du comte de
Lavaur de Ste. Fortunade.
Armorial.
Flamel, Nicolas.
M. Henri Bouchot reprints
a plate designed by this
artist for the Duc de Berry
in fifteenth century style.
Flamen, A. B. 17th cent.
Guillaume Tronson. Motto,
“Virtuti non divitiis.” (See
Poulet-Malassis, p. 22.)
Flameng, Léopold. 19th cent.
Produced ex-libris for the bibliophile
Pierre Deschamps,
and for the Docteur Gérard
Piogey.
Flipart. 18th cent.
Fonbonne, Mlle. 18th cent.
De Hansy, à Paris, 1768.
Library interior.
Fontanals Dijon, 1809.
Fornet Lith. 1893. (Alsatian.)
On the armorial plate of
Edmund Engelmann, of
Mulhouse.
Printed in colours, see “Les
Archives de la Société
Française,” Juillet, 1894.
Fougeron sculp.
Pembroke Society. Allegorical.
Fouquet. 18th cent.
Froben.
Symbolum Conradi Lycosthenis.
(Before 1561; the earliest
known Alsatian ex-libris.)
See “Les Ex-Libris Alsaciens.”
J. C. Frans, scul. Nanceii C.
Charles in. 1739.
On a nameless French plate,
no motto. (J. C. François,
of Nancy.)
A. François sculp. 1827.
On a nameless armorial; no
motto.
Gagneux, P. 17th cent.
C. O. Galimard sculp.
On a nameless armorial, designed
by C. Cochin fils,
for the Abbé Leblanc, and
on another, with the arms
of Poisson de Marigny, also
designed by Cochin, and
dated 1752.
Gallaudet, E.
John Chambers, Esq.
Chippendale; armorial.
Gamot, Jos. 18th cent.
Ganhy, J. B. de. 18th cent.
Gardette. (See De la Gardette.)
Gaucher, Ch. De l’Académie
des Arts de Londres.
Charles-Etienne Gaucher
was a pupil of Basan, and
Le Bas, and famous as an
engraver of portraits.
Signed, C. Gaucher inc. 1775,
on plate of Cabre,—and
Dessiné et gravé par Ch.
Gaucher de l’Acad. des Arts
de Londres on the plates of
François Grangier de Lamotte,
etc., 1779, and Messire
André-Gaspard Parfait,
comte de Bizémont-Prunelé,
1781. (See Bizémont.)
Gaucher also designed a plate
for “Jac. Desmares in
senatu Paris,” and one
bearing the arms of Séguier.
(See Poulet-Malassis, p. 66.)
Gaucherel. 1831.
Bibliotheca Pichoniana inchoata
ab anno 1831.
(Rétouché par Ad. Varin en
1873.) Armorial.
Gaultier, Léonard. 17th cent.
Nameless armorial. Alexandre
Bouchart, Sieur de
Blosseville, etc., 1611.
Reproduced by Henri Bouchot.
The earliest known dated
French armorial book-plate.
Gavarni. 19th cent.
(See M. Poulet-Malassis, p.
39.) He credits this celebrated
caricaturist with
having designed the ex-libris
used by the brothers
Edmond and Jules de Goncourt,
authors of “L’Art du
dix-huitième siècle,” and
other works written conjointly.
The book-plate is exceedingly
simple; it represents a left
hand, two fingers of which
are pointing to the letters
E. J. traced on a sheet of
paper. This was engraved
by Jules de Goncourt himself.
C. G. Geisler, à Geneve. 18th cent.
Plate of J. L. Robillard, with
canting arms; it is dated,
but very indistinctly.
George. 18th cent.
Duc de Brissac. Armorial.
Georgel, M. Modern. (Madame
Marie Georgel.)
Ex Libris Henri Tausin.
Pictorial. (See reproduction.)
A design for a headpiece for
the “Archives de la Société
Française,” vol. iii.
Ex Libris Marthe de Borniol.
Initials on a lozenge, surrounded
by flowers, books,
and musical instruments.
Reproduced on p. 152, vol.
ii., “Archives de la Société
Française,” 1895, and a large
size, issued as a separate
plate.
Germain. 18th cent.
Giacomelli, H. Modern.
A son ami Conquet (Léon
Conquet). Reproduced by
M. Henri Bouchot.
M. Greppe, a fantaisie designed
by Giacomelli, and
engraved by Abot.
Giacomelli also designed
plates of an equally artistic
character for Ballon, Bavoillot,
Chevrier, François
Courboin, Georges Duplessis
(Conservateur du Cabinet
des Estampes), Paillet,
Piédagnel, Sciama, and
many others.
Giffart, P. 17th cent.
Petrus Bulteau de Préville
Miles. Armorial.
De Villers de Rousseville.
Large armorial in two states,
both rare.
Giffart, P. 18th cent.
Nameless armorial plate.
Motto, “Antiqua Ætate
decorae.”
Gilbert. 17th cent.
Gillor sc. Modern.
Ex Libris Paul Bellon. Literary.
(See Henri Bouchot,
page 75.)
Giraldon, Adolphe. 19th
cent.
Bibliothèque de Mr. de Pellerin
de Latouche. Motto,
“Est-il meillcure munition
à cet humain pélerinage?”
Armorial.
Girard, H. 19th cent.
Glomy. 18th cent.
Goby Sc. r. du Bac. 19th cent.
Guerrier du Maste. A literary
plate, about 1830.
Godard, à Alençon. 18th cent.
A. Godreuil del. 1867.
Bibliothèque du Montessart
(Baron Pichon). Landscape.
(See also A. Guillaumet and
Varin.)
Gossart. 18th cent.
Mr. Le Vte. de Gauville. Armorial.
No motto.
Gosselin. 1770.
Gosset, J. 18th cent.
Nameless armorial plate. No
motto or date.
Gouel, P.
Ex-libris Hérambourg, 1777.
A nameless armorial, dated
1778.
Goujean. Modern.
Alfred Piet. Pictorial.
Gozo (Gozora). 19th cent.
J. Grandjean Sc. Modern.
Ex-libris Francisci de Chanteau.
(See reproduction.)
H. Gravelot, invenit. Delafosse
sculpsit.
Nameless library interior (Académie
de Nancy), 1751.
H. Gravelot inv. Major sc.,
1747, on the nameless plate
(probably that of an actor),
with the motto “Facies mutat
semperque decenter.”
On the plate of Mr. Thiroux
d’Arconville, Président au
Parlement. Mde. Le D.
(Daulceur) sculp.
Also the plates of Thiroux de
Gervillier, and Jacobus Henricus
Tribourdet, 1737.
The signatures Gravelot inv.
J. Pine sculp., are found on
the armorial library interior
plate of J. Burton, D.D., of
which the design was appropriated
for the plates of
Wadham Wyndham, Esq.,
and Thomas Gaisford.
(See Poulet-Malassis, page
59.)
Gregoire à Rennes.
“Ecuyer Patrice Sus. Hamart
de la Chapelle. Cons. du
Roi, etc. Docteur Aqr. au
College des Medecins de
Rennes.” Large armorial.
Gribelin, Simon. A French
engraver who came to England
about 1680, and died in
1733.
He signed S. Gribelin sculp.
on the plate of Sr. Philip
Sydenham, Bart., 1699, and
engraved plates for several
other English people, and
for parochial libraries.
Grostost, F. Lithographer of
Strasbourg. Modern.
Signed the charming little
nameless pictorial plate of
M. Jacques Flach, formerly
of Strasbourg, afterwards a
solicitor in Paris. It is on
this plate that the lines addressed
to the owner’s books
occur:
“Plaisants, je vous aime;
Sérieux aussi,
Frivoles de même;
Pédants, merci!”
(See “Ex-Libris Alsaciens,”
page 21.)
Groux, Henri de. Modern.
M. Rémy de Gourmont.
Guérard, à Beaucaire. 18th
cent.
Guerard, N.
R. P. Placidia Sta. Helena.
Aug. disc. Gal. Regio Geographi.
Pictorial. Motto,
“In hoc signo vinces.”
Nicolas Guibal. Peintre ordinaire
du Duc de Wirtemberg.
Born at Luneville.
(See “Archives de la
Société Française,” vol. ii.,
March, 1895.)
Designed a book-plate for
himself, dated 1775, “N.
Guibal, Pr. Peintre du Duc
de Wurtemberg.” Literary.
Guibert, J. B. 18th cent.
Emile Guillaudin Sc. 1881.
Boscary de Villeplaine.
Armorial.
T. G. Guillaume sc.
Cottin de Fontaine. Early
Armorial. 17th cent.
Guillaume. 18th cent.
A. Guillaumet sc. 1867. A.
Godreuil del.
Bibliothèque du Montessart
(Baron Pichon). Landscape.
Gustave. 19th cent.
Halm Sculp. 1766.
On two nameless plates designed
by Wille filius.
Halm was probably a pupil
of Wille senior.
Hamel. 19th cent.
Helman. 1767, 1768.
“J’appartiens a Cleenewerek de Crayencour.”
Armorial. Three states.
Helman le jeune. 18th cent.
Hérisset sculp. 18th cent.
De la Bibliothèque de Mr. Le
Cat, Docteur en Médec:
etc., 1741.
Doctor Le Cat was a famous
French surgeon, born in
1700. An allegorical design.
Hillemacher, Frédéric.
A talented engraver, who illustrated
the edition of Molière
published by Perrin of
Lyons, died 1886. He engraved
book-plates for
Georges Champion,
Eugène Piot, the bibliophile,
and one for himself: “Bibliothèque
de Frédéric Hillemacher.”
Hirsch. 19th cent.
Houat. Ex bibliot Costeana.
Armorial.
A. Houat, l’ainé. 18th cent.
Humbelot. 18th cent.
Huot, G. Paris. Modern.
A. P. (Pontilly—Monogram.)
(See reproduction, p. 321.)
Ex Libris Farnou. See in
“Ex-Libris Ana.”
Ex Libris Bosch, a curious
allegorical design.
Ex Libris de A. Hustin.
Monogram.
Huquier, J. G. 18th cent.
Jacques Gabriel Huquier fils,
signed his own pictorial Ex
Libris J. G. Huquier (see in
“Ex-Libris Ana,” p. 9). He
also designed and engraved
a handsome plate for Le
Berche, and the pictorial.
Ex Libris G. Bernard de Rieux,
signed Huquier sculp. docq.
inv.
Both Huquier senior and Huquier
junior had the same
Christian names, and as
both were engravers in
Paris their identity is somewhat
confusing. The father
died in 1772, the son twenty
years later.
Ingram, J. 18th cent.
Colleg. Scotor. in Acad. Paris.
Armorial; pictorial; ecclesiastical.
(See “Ex-Libris
Ana,” p. 55.)
He also engraved the Ex
Libris Le Vassor de la
Touche, designed by C. N.
Cochin fils.
P. C. I. inv. et sc. 1785.
Signed the nameless plate of
Joseph Froment, with the
motto “D’nus incrementum
dat.”
Jacquemart, Jules. Modern.
Libraire Techener.
Philippe Burty.
Bibliothèque du Château
d’Aramon.
(M. Jules Jacquemart, a clever
eau-fortiste, died in Paris in
1880.)
Jacques (à Rouen). 18th cent.
C. Baillière. Academ. Rothom.
(Rouen). Pictorial, with
scientific instruments.
Jacquot. 18th cent.
Janinet, F. 18th cent.
Jeanjean. 18th cent.
A nameless armorial, signed
Jeanjean sculp. is described
in “Les Archives de la
Société Française,” April,
1895.
Jeune, David. Nimes, 1885.
Vauvert, “Prosper Falgairolle.”
Jonveaux f. 19th cent.
Claudius Nassé, pastor.
Armorial.
Jonveaux. (Of Verdun.) 18th
cent.
Signed an armorial plate for
Raimondus Lamarre, and
another almost identical for
a Doctor Clouet. Both
plates are reproduced in the
“Archives de la Société
Française,” vol. ii., p. 37.
L. Joubert inv. et sc.
Ex Libris Annemundi Charret.
Armorial. 18th cent.
Fme. Jourdan sculp. 1788.
Bibliothèque de M. le Vte. de
Bourbon-Busset, Premier
Gentilhomme de la Chambre,
etc.
On this plate the Vicomte
claimed relationship with
the Royal family of France,
by his arms and supporters,
but in 1793 he deemed
it advisable to cover his
arms and high sounding
titles with a simple label
bearing the inscription
“Bibliothèque de Louis
Antoine Paul Bourbon-Busset,
Citoyen Français,
1793.” (See reproductions.)
Bourbon-Busset was born at
Busset, the 19th November,
1753; he survived the Terror
and died in Paris, February
9, 1802. Guigard mentions
the “Catalogue des livres
de la Bibliothèque de feu le
citoyen Bourbon-Busset, 20
nivose an xi. Paris: Silvestre.”
Judée. 19th cent.
Jundt, Gustave. De Strasbourg,
19th cent.
Composed the book-plate for
M. Charles Mehl. See “Ex-Libris
Alsaciens.”
