Antiquarian Question

[Richley Crapo]

Thanks!
Richley 

>>> kristina.tiedje at COLLEGE-DE-FRANCE.FR 02/02/05 02:42AM >>>
R.F. means République Française in contemporary France. It is on all  
official documents, stamps etc., so depending on the date (before or  
after the Revolution, it might means simple that.

Kristina


On Feb 1, 2005, at 10:48 PM, Richley Crapo wrote:

> Anyone have a good guess for the meaning of the abbreviation "R. F."  
> in an acquisition stamp of the Biblioteque Nacionale de France during  
> the 1800s? The mark is found on codices such as "Historia  
> Tolteca-Chichimeca" and "Anonymo Mexicano"
> Richley
>
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FYSSEN Postdoctoral Fellow
CNRS Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale
Collège de France
52, rue du Cardinal Lemoine
75005 Paris
France

tél.: 01 44 27 17 45
fax: 01 44 27 17 66
kristina.tiedje at college-de-france.fr 
http://www.ktiedje.com