[BRESLER, Ferdinand-Louis]. Les Souverains du monde, ouvrage - Lot 54

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[BRESLER, Ferdinand-Louis]. Les Souverains du monde, ouvrage - Lot 54
[BRESLER, Ferdinand-Louis]. Les Souverains du monde, ouvrage qui fait connoître la généalogie de leurs maisons, l'étendue & le gouvernement de leurs états [...] Avec un catalog des auteurs qui en ont le mieux écrit. Le tout conduit jusqu'au temps présent. À la Haye, aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1721-1722. 4 vol. in-12, full cream vellum, smooth spine decorated with handwritten title and tomaison, red speckled edges. Contemporary binding. 14 ff.n.ch. (title, preface, table, additions and corrections, notice on the pope), 451 pp. and 3 blank ff. ; 2 ff.n.ch. (title and table), 652 pp. and 2 blank ff. ; 2 ff.n.ch. (title and table), 456 pp. and 2 blank ff. ; 2 ff.n.ch. (title and table) and 352 pp.., 2 ff.n.ch. (end of table) and 2 blank ff. approx. 180 copper engravings, of which 135 in the text and 45 hors-texte, a few bandeaux, lettrines and culs-de-lampe. Title printed in black and red. Browning and some foxing on vellum, some boards slightly warped, spine partly detached in vol. 1 and fragile in vol. 3, title leaf and table flyleaf in vol. 3 and almost detached in vol. 2, rare foxing not serious. New French edition (first published in 1718) of Ferdinand-Louis Bresler's exhaustive study of the nobility and royal houses throughout the world. It is illustrated with some 180 copper engravings, reproducing a total of 189 coats of arms (including 54 coats of arms on 45 plates and 135 in the text). Volumes 1 and 2 deal with German nobility, volume 3 with European nobility and volume 4 with non-European royal houses, notably in Japan, China, Turkey and Africa. [Barbier, IV-556]. Complete sum in 4 volumes, volumes 1 and 4 dated 1722, volumes 2 and 3 1721. Ex-libris with motto "Deo non Fortuna" engraved on front cover. Fairly fresh internals for this rare and important genealogical study.
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