Pierre Le Febvre (of Metz).
Maurice Le Tellier, archevêque
de Reims.
Denis Godefroy de Tralage.
M. de la Reynie.
Bibliotheca Thuana.
Le Duc de Bouillon.
Etienne Baluze.
M. de Beringhen. Reproduced
by M. Henri Bouchot.
LECLERE. 18th cent.
LOUISE LE DAULCEUR. 18th
cent.
This clever engraver signed
her name in several ways.
Le D.
Louise Le D. _sculp._
Madame Le D.
Louise Le Daulceur.
Daul _sculp._
L. Daul _sculp._
Louise Daul:
She herself had two book-plates,
one inscribed M^{de}
Le Daulceur, is signed “_Ed.
Bouchardon in. del. Louise
Le D. sculp._” the other, a
smaller one, is not signed.
Madlle. Le Daulceur studied
under Bouchardon, and in
examining the plates signed
by her, it will be seen that
she engraved after designs
furnished by Bouchardon,
Pierre, H. Gravelot, C.
Eisen, and Durand, whilst
Poulet-Malassis speaks of
her as “une femme du
monde, amateur de talent,
gracieux intermédiaire entre
les artistes ses maîtres et
ses amis.”
Her talents appear to have
been principally devoted to
illustrating books of poems
for her friends, and it is
supposed that the ex-libris
she engraved were probably
works of love. The
following is a list of them.
La Comtesse de Mellet, two,
one after Bouchardon, the
other signed: _Le D._
Montigny--two, a large and a
small one.
Mignot de Montigny--after
Pierre.
Le Comte Thiroux de Gervillier--after
Gravelot.
Thiroux d’Arconville--after
Gravelot.
Madame d’Arconville--after
C. Eisen.
(This, signed in full, _Louise
Le Daulceur sculp. et inv._
is reproduced on p. 218,
“Ladies’ Book-plates.”)
Madame Du Tailly.
Madame d’Alleray--after Durand.
There is also a delicate little
plate of Mademoiselle
d’Alleray, with the arms on a
lozenge supported by a wild
rosebush, which has been
attributed to Louise Le
Daulceur, but it is not
signed. The original plate
is in the possession of Dr.
Bouland, President of the
French Society, and impressions
from it were issued
with the “Archives de la
Société Française,” in June,
1894.
LE DUC, VIOLLET. 19th cent.
LE FÉRON, _à Rennes_, 1767.
LEFÈVRE. 19th cent.
L. LE GRAND _sculp._ 18th cent.
Nameless armorial plate, for
Madame Du Barry. Motto,
“_Boutez en avant_.”
This plate was engraved by
Le Grand after a design by
Cochin fils some time before
1774. It has two shields
and supporters, and what is
somewhat unusual in French
book-plates, there is a crest
above the coronet.
Poulet-Malassis is of opinion
that this plate was little
used by Madame Du Barry,
whose books, handsomely
bound in red morocco, bore
her arms stamped in gold
on the sides. Louis XV.
remarked, “La Marquise
de Pompadour avait plus de
livres que la comtesse, mais
ils n’étaient pas si bien
reliés, ni si bien choisis.”
LEGROS, ALPHONSE. 19th cent.
About 1874, this artist (who
then resided in London)
engraved the copper for the
well-known _Ex libris Léon
Gambetta_, of which only a
few impressions were taken,
and these were never employed
as book-plates.
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