Antique French Collector’s Identification Note for Norman Ex Libris (Priory of Saint-Lô, Rouen)
Antique French Collector’s Identification Note for Norman Ex Libris (Priory of Saint-Lô, Rouen)
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Handwritten 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.
The text reads in part:
“Ex-libris du Prieuré de Saint-Lo, à Rouen…
Cet ex-libris a été enlevé sur un exemplaire des ‘Conquestes et trophées des Normands’… Rouen, 1658, in-fol.
Canal, Armorial des Villes et Corporations de Normandie, pages 312 et 313.”
In plain English:
“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…”
“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.”
The 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.
The paper shows natural toning, uneven edges, and handling wear consistent with archival ephemera.
Handwritten 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.
The text reads in part:
“Ex-libris du Prieuré de Saint-Lo, à Rouen…
Cet ex-libris a été enlevé sur un exemplaire des ‘Conquestes et trophées des Normands’… Rouen, 1658, in-fol.
Canal, Armorial des Villes et Corporations de Normandie, pages 312 et 313.”
In plain English:
“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…”
“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.”
The 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.
The paper shows natural toning, uneven edges, and handling wear consistent with archival ephemera.
9.25"w x 3.75"h
9.25"w x 3.75"h
Antiquarian collectors and booksellers in the 19th and early 20th centuries frequently cataloged removed ex libris plates, heraldic engravings, and book illustrations using handwritten identification slips. These notes often cited historical publications, armorial references, or bibliographic sources to preserve provenance information after prints were separated from original volumes.
The references in this note point to Norman heraldic scholarship and a Rouen publication from 1658 documenting the history and identity of Norman institutions.
Such documentation notes are now collected as archival ephemera related to book history, heraldry, and collecting practices.
Antiquarian collectors and booksellers in the 19th and early 20th centuries frequently cataloged removed ex libris plates, heraldic engravings, and book illustrations using handwritten identification slips. These notes often cited historical publications, armorial references, or bibliographic sources to preserve provenance information after prints were separated from original volumes.
The references in this note point to Norman heraldic scholarship and a Rouen publication from 1658 documenting the history and identity of Norman institutions.
Such documentation notes are now collected as archival ephemera related to book history, heraldry, and collecting practices.
Late 19th to early 20th century
Late 19th to early 20th century
Paper, handwritten ink
Paper, handwritten ink
France (collector or antiquarian archive material)
France (collector or antiquarian archive material)
Age toning, edge irregularities, and light handling wear present. Minor staining consistent with age and storage.
Age toning, edge irregularities, and light handling wear present. Minor staining consistent with age and storage.