Inventaire général des richesses d'art de la France
An inventory of French art treasures published by the French Ministry of Public Instruction in Paris by E. Plon in 1876, aimed at scholars and officials recording national art holdings. The picture is a bookplate-style device: a tree of oak leaves above a shield marked H P, flanked by a scroll reading LABOR and OMNIA VINCIT IMPROBUS beneath, with PARIS lettered below. A designer might take its symmetrical heraldic layout, banner scrolls, and foliage framing as a model for emblem or label design.
