French Book-plates Part 35

FOUQUET. 18th cent.

FROBEN.

_Symbolum Conradi Lycosthenis._

(Before 1561; the earliest known Alsatian ex-libris.) See "Les Ex-Libris Alsaciens."

J. C. FRAN^{s}, _scul._ _Nanceii C.

Charles in. 1739._

On a nameless French plate, no motto. (_J. C. Francois_, of Nancy.)

A. FRANcOIS _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 Abbe 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'Academie 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 _Dessine et grave par Ch.

Gaucher de l'Acad. des Arts de Londres_ on the plates of Francois Grangier de Lamotte, etc., 1779, and Messire Andre-Gaspard Parfait, comte de Bizemont-Prunele, 1781. (See Bizemont.)

Gaucher also designed a plate for "Jac. Desmares in senatu Paris," and one bearing the arms of Seguier.

(See Poulet-Mala.s.sis, p. 66.)

GAUCHEREL. 1831.

Bibliotheca Pichoniana inchoata ab anno 1831.

(Retouche par Ad. Varin en 1873.) Armorial.

GAULTIER, LeONARD. 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-Mala.s.sis, 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-huitieme siecle," 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, _a 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 Societe Francaise," 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 Societe Francaise," 1895, and a large size, issued as a separate plate.

GERMAIN. 18th cent.

GIACOMELLI, H. Modern.

A son ami Conquet (Leon 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, Francois Courboin, Georges Duplessis (Conservateur du Cabinet des Estampes), Paillet, Piedagnel, Sciama, and many others.

GIFFART, P. 17th cent.

Petrus Bulteau de Preville Miles. Armorial.

De Villers de Rousseville.

Large armorial in two states, both rare.