French Book-plates by Walter Hamilton is a collection of essays about the wonderfully drawn and gorgeous decorative labels pasted into French books. Contents: “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.”
