Les familles de la France illvstrées par les monvmens des medailles anciennes et modernes : tirées des plus rares & curieux cabinets du royaume, sur les metaux d'or, d'argent & de bronze ...
A 1636 Paris catalogue of French family medals by Jacques de Bie, published by Jean Camusat, drawn for collectors and antiquarians interested in the French nobility. Its pages are engraved plates of circular medal designs, each set in a bordered panel with a Latin or French motto and a short inscription above and below, showing heraldic emblems, allegorical figures, and small architectural or botanical motifs arranged in neat rows. A designer could borrow the tidy medallion framing, the classical figure poses, and the compact typographic captions for period emblem or seal work.
