{"product_id":"antique-french-collector-s-identification-note-for-norman-ex-libris-priory-of-saint-lo-rouen","title":"Antique French Collector’s Identification Note for Norman Ex Libris (Priory of Saint-Lô, Rouen)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eHandwritten archival note in French ink script on aged paper identifying and describing a Norman ecclesiastical ex libris associated with the Priory of Saint-Lô in Rouen. The note records the heraldic description of the arms and references the source from which the bookplate was removed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe text reads in part:\u003cbr\u003e“Ex-libris du Prieuré de Saint-Lo, à Rouen…\u003cbr\u003eCet ex-libris a été enlevé sur un exemplaire des ‘Conquestes et trophées des Normands’… Rouen, 1658, in-fol.\u003cbr\u003eCanal, Armorial des Villes et Corporations de Normandie, pages 312 et 313.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn plain English:\u003cbr\u003e“Bookplate of the Priory of Saint-Lô in Rouen, whose arms are: gold field with a red leopard and a blue chief charged with three gold fleur-de-lis…”\u003cbr\u003e“This bookplate was removed from a copy of Conquestes et trophées des Normands, Rouen, 1658 (folio). See Canal, Armorial of the Cities and Corporations of Normandy, pp. 312–313.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe handwriting style and paper aging suggest the note was created by a collector, archivist, bookseller, or researcher documenting heraldic material, likely in the late 19th or early 20th century. Notes like this were commonly kept with removed bookplates or prints in private collections and antiquarian print portfolios.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe paper shows natural toning, uneven edges, and handling wear consistent with archival ephemera.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"For the Louvre of Antiques LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48169888710911,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/8780\/4927\/files\/f44fa19e-e303-4f46-b4be-c523301b1cdf.png?v=1771128111","url":"https:\/\/forthelouvreofantiques.com\/fr\/products\/antique-french-collector-s-identification-note-for-norman-ex-libris-priory-of-saint-lo-rouen","provider":"For the Louvre of Antiques LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}