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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;APainter, post: 13077762, member: 9090&quot;]My sentiments exactly!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oooh, could be, it&#039;s starting to add up.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think you are on to something here. They were in charge of research for insignias initially, with an emphasis on early French history, so I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if they recognized the crown of Louis VI as being significant enough to serve as their bookplate. This would make a lot of sense!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry about the wait, just added in my previous reply!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Very true, Marote does make a good point though, it could be the academy after all. After all, they did publish the book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fascinating history to read their initial purpose and what they later became. Translated from the wikipedia page: &quot;The mission of the Academy was initially to establish the inscriptions and currencies of the monuments and medals in honor of King Louis XIV. For this, it had to study the medals and other rarities, ancient and modern, of the king&#039;s cabinet as well as the ancient monuments of France.&quot; It published 317 historical memoirs until it&#039;s dissolution in 1793, this is one of them and I suppose they kept it for a while as well, explaining the sticker.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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