La France Metalliqve: Contenant Les Actions Celebres Tant Pvbliqves Qve Privees Des Rois Et Des Reines, Remarqvees En Levrs Medailles d'Or, d'Argent & de Bronze ...: Les Familles De La France Illvstrées Par Les Monumens Des Medailles Anciennes Et Modernes
La France Metalliqve is a 1636 numismatic book by Jacques de Bie, published in France, cataloguing royal and noble medals of the French kings, queens and families. Its pages set engraved medal designs in rows, each with a Latin motto and dated inscription around the rim. For designers, the pictures offer compact emblematic roundels with figures, animals, objects and lettering arranged in circular frames suited to seals, badges and heraldic motifs.
