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396 - Demay, Germain. – Catalogue of the seals in the Clairambault…
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Demay, Germain. – Catalogue of the seals in the Clairambault Collection at the National Library. Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1885–1886. 2 volumes in-4 bound in black half-shagreen, spine ribbed and decorated with fleurons, title in gold lettering – [2 ff.], II, 698 pp., [1 f. corrections]; [2 ff.], 667 pp. Extensive analytical tables (291 pp.). Wet stamp of the Hugues-A. Desgranges Library. (author of the Berry nobility directory). Included: 1/ - Nielen, Marie-Adélaïde. - Corpus of Seals. Volume III, The Seals of the Queens and Children of France. (2011) – 367 pp. Illustrated with 16 colour plates and 259 black-and-white reproductions of seals. 2/ - Douët D’Arcq. - Collection of Seals. Archives of the Empire. Inventories and documents published by order of the Emperor under the direction of Count de Laborde. Paris, H. Plon, 1863. Reprint of the 1863 edition by Kraus-Thomson Organisation, Munich, 1980. 3 in-8 volumes in the publisher’s red percaline bindings – Vol. I with split joints – [2ff.], 48, [103], 696 pp.; [2 ff.], 716, [7] pp.; [2 ff.], 522, [1] pp. A comprehensive catalogue including an alphabetical index and, most notably, a heraldic index.
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