a blue and gold book with a gold foiled cover
Crait+Muller Charenton-Vincennes

365 - Laigue (Antoine-Louis de). – French Families Considered in T…
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Estimate €100 - €150
Description
Laigue (Antoine-Louis de). – French Families Considered in Terms of Their Hereditary Honorary Prerogatives, or Historical Research into the Origin of the Nobility, the various means by which it could be acquired in France, the institution of entailed estates, and the establishment of orders of chivalry, the Legion of Honour, and names and coats of arms. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, Petit, Rondonneau and Decle, 1815. In-8, modern midnight-blue half-shagreen with a smooth spine, gilt lettering – [3 leaves, frontispiece, title page, preface], 263 pp. “This little-known work is, nevertheless, of interest. The section concerning the bestowal of names, coats of arms, their substitutions, battle cries, mottos and other similar subjects is well worth consulting” (Guigard 3320)
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