Between 1650 and 1700 the number of book-plates is not large, nor are they of any exceptional interest, beyond showing the gradual alteration in style. It will suffice to name a few of the finest examples.
Nicolas Martigny de Marsal, by Sebastien Le Clerc. Four sizes, two dated respectively 1655 and 1660.
Guillaume Tronson. Signed A. B. Flamen.
Hadriani de Valois, dom. de la Mare.
Jerôme Bignon, grand maitre de la Bibliothèque du Roi. A fine armorial plate, probably engraved by François Chauveau.
Leonor Le François Sr. de Rigawille. Motto: “Meliora sequentr,” dated 1673.
Charles Maurice Le Tellier, archevêque de Reims. Signed J. Blocquet, 1672.
Louis François du Bouchet, Marquis de Souches. Signed “Mavelot, graveur de Mademoiselle.”
Mgr. Pellot, Premier President du Parlmt de Normandie. Signed J. T., probably Jean Toustain, an engraver of Normandy.
This President Pellot possessed a valuable collection of Spanish and Italian books.