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French paper sizes
in the 19th century

Name of sheet	Length	Height	Weight	Length	Height	Weights
Name of sheet	pouces, lignes	pouces, lignes	500 sheets, in livre	cm	cm	g per sq. m
Grande Monde	45	31, 3	215	121.8	84.6	204.3
Grand Aigle	36, 6	24, 9	131-140	98.8	67.0	193.7-207.0
Grande fleur de Lys	31	22	72	83.9	59.6	141.0
Colombier	31, 6	21, 3	90	85.3	57.5	179.6
Grand Chapelet	31, 9	22	66	85.9	59.6	126.2
Chapelet	29	20, 3	60	78.5	54.8	136.5
Grand Jésus	25	19, 6	51	67.7	52.8	139.8-145.2
Petite fleur de Lys	24	19	36-38	65.0	51.4	105.5-111.3
Grand Lombard	24, 6	20	34	66.3	54.1	92.7
Grand Royal	22, 8	17, 10	32-33	61.4	48.3	105.8-109.1
Royal	22	16		59.6	43.3
Petit Royal	20	16	22	54.1	43.3	91.9
Grand Raisin double	22, 8	17	35-38	61.4	46.0	121.4-131.8
Grand Raisin simple	22, 8	17	26-28	61.4	46.0	90.1-97.1
Lombard	21, 4	18	24	57.7	48.7	83.5
Lombard ordinare or Grand Carré	20, 6	16, 6	21-22	55.5	44.7	82.9-86.9
Cavalier	22, 6	17, 4	23	60.9	46.9	78.8
Double Cloche	24, 6	14, 6	18	66.3	39.3	67.7
Serpente	20, 6	12, 15		55.5	35.9
Grande Licorne à la Cloche	19	12	12	51.4	32.5	70.3
A la Cloche	14, 6	10, 9	9	39.3	29.1	77.1
Carré double	20	15, 6	26-27	54.1	42.0	112.1-116.4
Carré simple	20	15, 6	17-18	54.1	42.0	73.3-77.6
Carré très-mince	20	15, 6	13	54.1	42.0	56.0
Coquille	20	15, 6	13-15	54.1	42.0	56.0-64.6
Coquille mince	20	15, 6	10	54.1	42.0	43.1
Joseph	20, 6	15, 6		55.5	42.0
Écu	19	14, 2	21	51.4	38.3	104.2
Écu simple	19	14, 2	16-17	51.4	38.3	79.4-84.4
Écu très-mince	19	14, 2	11	51.4	38.3	54.6
Grand Cornet double	17, 9	13, 6	14	48.0	36.5	78.1
Grand Cornet mince	17, 9	13, 6	12	48.0	36.5	66.9
A la Main	20, 3	13, 6	13	54.8	36.5	63.5
Couronne, or Griffon double	17, 1	13	14	46.2	35.2	84.2
Couronne, or Griffon mince	17, 1	13	12	46.2	35.2	72.2
Couronne, or Griffon très-mince	17, 1	13	7	46.2	35.2	42.1
Champy, or Bâtard	16, 11	13, 2	11-12	45.8	35.6	66.0-72.0
Tellière double	17, 4	13, 2	14	46.9	35.6	82.0
Tellière simple	17, 4	13, 2	12	46.9	35.6	70.2
Bâton Royal, or Petit Cornet	16	12	10	43.3	32.5	69.6
Cartier, grand format	16	12, 6	13	43.3	33.8	86.8
Cartier, petit format	15, 1	11, 6	11-12	40.8	31.1	84.7-92.4
Pot, or Ecolier	14, 6	11, 6	10	39.3	31.1	80.1
Pigeonne, or Romaine	15, 2	10, 4	10	41.1	28.4	83.9
Le Lis	14, 1	11, 6	8-9	38.1	31.1	66.0-74.2
Petit à la main	13, 8	10, 8	8	37.0	28.9	73.3

[no author]
Manuel de Merchard Papetier.
Paris: Audot, Editeur, 1818.
Pages 142-145.

The values in pouces, lignes and livre are from the source; the last three columns were calculated from them. The Manuel was published early in the period of the Système Usuel, 1812-1840, when by law 1 pouce = 1/36th of meter and 1 livre = 500 grams. However, on the supposition that papermakers would have stuck with the older, traditional values, we used the earlier equivalences 1 pouce = 2.707 cm and 1 livre = 489.506 grams. We will revise the table if we can get measurements of actual surviving sheets made at that time.

French paper sizes in the 19th century

French paper sizes
in the 19th century