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150 - LOISNE (Count Auguste de). Genealogical History of the House…
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LOISNE (Count Auguste de). Genealogical History of the House of Foucher. Abbeville, Fourdrinier Press, 1898. in-4, [6 ff], xxvii, 228 pp., [1 f], 5 genealogical tables, including 4 fold-outs, red half-calf, ribbed spine, covers preserved, untrimmed (contemporary binding). First edition (Saffroy-41297). Printed in a run of 100 copies (no. 72), on pure-thread laid paper. Among the most illustrious families of Poitou, the Fouchers date back to the 11th century and held fiefs throughout the region. The elder branch, known as the Herbiers, died out in the 15th century; the other branches are discussed in this work, namely that of the lords of Esmentruère and the barons of Brandois; that of Thénies; that of Circé; that known as Des Loges; and that known as Sainte-Flaive. Among the alliances are some famous names: Angennes, Arcemalle, Barotteau de La Barottière, Baude de Pont-l’Abbé, Beaumont-Bressuire, Bruc, Buor, Chabot, Chastenet de Puységur, Chateaubriand, Chatre, Dorin de Ligné, Durcot, La Forest, Goulard, Gourjault, Guérin, La Haye, La Haye-Montbault, Des Herbiers, Jousseaume, Le Boeuf, Le Clerc du Tremblay, Loré, Marchand de la Mullenière, Marconnay, Marrin, Mauclerc, Maynard-Mesnard, Menche de Loisne, Montausier, Morisson de La Bassetière, Noireterre, La Muce, Parthenay-L’Archevêque, Pascaud, de Pierres, du Plantis, du Plessis, Poictevin du Plessis-Landry, Porte-Vézins, du Puy du Fou, Raoul du Landreau, Reignon, Retz, Robert de Lézardière, Rorthais, Rouhault, Saint-Hilaire, Sauvage, Séguier, Sinéty, La Touche, de La Trémoïlle, Vergier de La Rochejaquelein, Villates, etc. As well as Poitou (La Rochelle, Les Herbiers, Niort, Melle, St Maixent, Bressuire, Lusignan, Poitiers, etc.). These families spread out across the Vendée, Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, etc., with the most frequently mentioned places being Thénies, La Templerie, Talmont, La Sauzaye, Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups, Saint-Porchaire, Saint-Mars-de-Coutais, St Maixent, Saint-Julien-des-Landes, Les Roches-Baritaud, La Rochelle, Retz or Rays, Le Plessis-Sénechal, Passavant, La Mothe-Achard, Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, Longeville, Machecoul, etc.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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