THE FIRST EMPIRE 123 VIII. THE RESTORATION AND LOUIS-PHILIPPE 134 THE SECOND EMPIRE 140 IX. THE FRONTIER PROVINCES 152 X. ECCLESIASTICAL AND SCHOLASTIC EX-LIBRIS 169 XI. BOOK-PLATES OF THE HUGUENOTS 197 XII. BOOK-PLATES OF MEDICAL MEN 208 XIII. CANTING ARMS AND PUNNING PLATES 218 XIV. PHRASES OF POSSESSION 232 XV. BOOK-PLATES OF SOME FAMOUS MEN 248 XVI. MODERN EX-LIBRIS 275 XVII. A LIST OF ARTISTS AND ENGRAVERS 301 BIBLIOGRAPHY 345 INDEX 353 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL HISTORICAL EVENTS HEREIN ALLUDED TO. In his “Petite Revue d’Ex-Libris Alsaciens,” Mons. Auguste Stoeber claimed to have discovered an armorial ex-libris which had been engraved for Conrad Wolfhart, of Rouffach, who died in 1561, but the evidence is not conclusive, otherwise this would have been the earliest French book-plate known. 1574. Earliest known dated French book-plate, “_Ex Bibliotheca Caroli Albosii_.” The first English book-plate, that of Sir Nicholas Bacon, was also dated 1574. Henry III., then King of France, was assassinated August, 1589. 1585. The earliest known French armorial book-plate, that of _François de la Rochefoucauld_, engraved some time before 1585. 1589. Henry IV., King of France. 1598. April: The Edict of Nantes was issued by Henry IV., granting religious freedom to the Reformed Church; he was assassinated by Ravaillac May 14, 1610. 1610. Louis XIII., King, son of the above, died May 14, 1643. 1611. The first _dated armorial_ French book-plate, that of _Alexandre Bouchart_, by Leonard Gaultier. 1613. The second dated armorial French book-plate, that of _Melchior de la Vallée_. 1638. The system of showing the heraldic colours, metals, and furs on engravings by conventional lines and dots was adopted about this date, and has been in use ever since. 1643. Louis XIV., King, son of the above, died September 1, 1715. 1685. October. Revocation by Louis XIV. of the Edict of Nantes, followed by the flight of thousands of French Protestants (or Huguenots) to Great Britain, Holland, and America. 1715. Louis XV., King, great-grandson of the above, died of small-pox, May 10, 1774. 1774. Louis XVI., King, grandson of the above.