| A few typographical errors have been corrected by the etext transcriber: |
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| In the rare cases were=> In the rare cases where {pg 21} |
| ecrit dans les marges=> écrit dans les marges {pg 238} |
| Rops, Felicien, 299.=> Rops, Félicien, 299. {index} |
| Dans un siècle ou l’or seul fut un objet d’envie=> Dans un siècle où l’or seul fut un objet d’envie {pg 245} |
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THE EX-LIBRIS SERIES. EDITED BY GLEESON WHITE.
FRENCH BOOK-PLATES.
THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1892, AND WAS EXHAUSTEDALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THE PRESENT ISSUE IS LIMITED TO 750 COPIES OF THEORDINARY EDITION, AND 38 COPIES ON TALL JAPANESE VELLUM (OF WHICH 35ONLY ARE FOR SALE).
F r e n c h B o o k-p l a t e s
by Walter Hamilton, Chairman
of Council of the Ex-Libris Society
and Vice-President of the Société
Française des Collectionneurs
d’Ex-Libris
London: George Bell & Sons, York Street,
Covent Garden, & New York. Mdcccxcvi
CHISWICK PRESS:—CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.
PREFACE.
INCE the first edition of this Handbook was published in 1892 the tastefor collecting book-plates has spread with such rapidity that that whichwas formerly the hobby of a few, has now become the serious pursuit ofthe many.
Societies devoted to the collection and study of ex-libris have beenfounded by eminent genealogists and heraldists, not only in GreatBritain, but also in Germany, France, and the United Sta