A final tribute of gratitude remains to be paid to one who shares all my labours, or my cares, and adds that charm to life that makes success worth striving for.
Every line in this little book has passed under her eyes, for revision or correction, and I would pray:
“Untouch’d with any shade of years,
May those kind eyes forever dwell!
They have not shed a many tears,
Dear eyes, since first I knew them well.”
WALTER HAMILTON.
“ELLARBEE,”
Clapham Common, Surrey.
October, 1896.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| Chronological Summary Of The Principal Historical Events Herein Alluded To. | [1] | |
| [Chapter I.] | Introduction | [5] |
| [II.] | Identification And Classification | [21] |
| [III.] | A Few Notes On French Heraldry | [39] |
| [IV.] | Early Examples, 1574-1650 | [62] |
| [V.] | Ex-Libris, 1650-1700 | [77] |
| [VI.] | Ex-Libris, 1700-1789 | [84] |
| [VII.] | The First Republic | [109] |
| The First Empire | [123] | |
| [VIII.] | The Restoration And Louis-Philippe | [134] |
| The Second Empire | [140] | |
| [IX.] | The Frontier Provinces | [152] |
| [X.] | Ecclesiastical And Scholastic Ex-Libris | [169] |
| [XI.] | Book-Plates Of The Huguenots | [197] |
| [XII.] | Book-Plates Of Medical Men | [208] |
| [XIII.] | Canting Arms and Punning Plates | [218] |
| [XIV.] | Phrases of Possession | [232] |
| [XV.] | Book-plates of some Famous Men | [248] |
| [XVI.] | Modern Ex-Libris | [275] |
| [XVII.] | A List of Artists and Engravers | [301] |
| Bibliography | [345] | |
| [Index] | [353] | |