His reply showed that this was only another instance of the confusion that arises from the French custom of styling the _written inscription_ of an owner’s name in a book, an ex-libris. Technically the term may be correct, but it would be advisable in the interest of collectors to describe the one as the “owner’s autograph” to distinguish it from the engraved or printed ex-libris fastened on the inside of a book. M. d’Albenas wrote thus: “L’Ex-libris de Rabelais dont il est question, en note, dans _Les portraits de Rabelais_, est ecrit de la main de l’illustre auteur de Gargantua, sur le titre d’un exemplaire de la première édition des ‘Œuvres de Platon,’ publiée par les soins réunis de Marc Manuce et d’Alde Manuce 1513. M. le professeur Cavalier ayant légué sa riche bibliothèque et ses précieuses collections à Montpellier, sa ville natale, elles ont été réunies selon ses dispositions testamentaires dans une salle spéciale, portant son nom, par les soins de son ami et exécuteur testamentaire, votre serviteur.” Here, then, is a facsimile of this famous inscription, partly in Latin, partly in Greek, which is said to signify “Belonging to François Rabelais, a zealous doctor, and to his Christian friends.” [Illustration: AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION BY FRANÇOIS RABELAIS.] Plainly an anticipation of the “Io: Grolierii et amicorum.” Another signature of Rabelais exists in a book which was presented to the school of medicine of Montpellier in 1776 by a lawyer, one Mons. J. Grosley. This resembles generally the one already described. The name of Jean Grolier is one of the earliest and most famous in the history of French Bibliolatry and Bibliopegy. Jean Grolier, Vicomte d’Aguisy, was born in 1479 in Lyons, and died in Paris on October 22nd, 1565. He was treasurer of France, and collected a library of about 3,000 volumes (an enormous number in those early days of printing), all of which he had sumptuously bound, and generally with the Grolier arms richly emblazoned on the sides. His books had also various mottoes on them, sometimes written in his own hand on blank pages or on the title, sometimes printed in letters of gold around the edges of the binding. The most usual of these mottoes is one that is constantly referred to, and has been often borrowed by other book-lovers and collectors: “Io Grollierii et amicorum.” Others that occur are: “Mei Grollierii Lugdunens, et amicorum.” “Portio mea, Domine, sit in terra viventium.” “Tanquam ventus est vita mea.” “Custodit Dominus omnes diligentes se, et omnes impios disperdet.” “Æque difficulter.”