Demay, Germain. - Inventory of the Seals in the Clairambault - Lot 396

Demay, Germain. - Inventory of the Seals in the Clairambault Collection at the National Library. Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1885–1886. 2 volumes, in-4, bound in black half-shagreen, spine with raised bands and floral decoration, title in gold lettering - [2 ff.], II, 698 pp., [1 f. corrections]; [2 ff.], 667 pp. Extensive analytical tables (291 pp.). Wet stamp of the Hugues-A. Desgranges Library. (author of the Berry nobility register). Included: 1/ - Nielen, Marie-Adélaïde. - Corpus of Seals. Volume III, The Seals of the Queens and Children of France. (2011) - 367 pp. Illustrated with 16 color plates and 259 black-and-white reproductions of seals. 2/ - Douët D’Arcq. - Collection of Seals. Archives of the Empire. Inventories and documents published by order of the Emperor under the direction of Count de Laborde. Paris, H. Plon, 1863. Reprint of the 1863 edition by Kraus-Thomson Organization, Munich, 1980. 3 in-8 volumes in the publisher’s red percaline bindings—Vol. I with split bands—[2ff.], 48, [103], 696 pp.; [2 ff.], 716, [7] pp.; [2 ff.], 522, [1] pp. Extensive inventory including an alphabetical table and, most notably, a heraldic table.