Inventaire général des richesses d'art de la France
This is a multi-volume French inventory of art treasures published in Paris by E. Plon in 1876 under the Ministry of Public Instruction, cataloguing works of art held across France. The picture shows a title page, volume four ('Tome quatrième'), with a heraldic device of an oak tree above a shield bearing the initials H.P., a bee, and the motto 'Labor omnia vincit improbus'. A designer might take from it a compact, emblematic bookplate-style vignette suited to classical heraldic emblems and ribbon-banner motto layouts.
