COLLECTION DE FAIRE-PARTS DES XIX-XXe SIÈCLES Lot n° 71

An important and unique collection comprising : - 15 in-4 brown half-leather spine binders titled in gold lettering, dated from 1861 to 1879 without interruption. - 34 sets of announcements dated from 1879 to 1911 without interruption. - 25 editions of "Billet de Part, Mémento de la Noblesse Française", a monthly review (Births, Marriages and Deaths - Genealogical Notices - Official Acts - Questions, Answers - Civil Status Rectifications & Name Additions - Bibliography) published by Alfred de Vieuville, dated from January 1910 to June 1910, then from August 1910 to September 1910, and finally, from November 1910 to August 1912. - Approximately 500 loose-leaf announcements, dated piecemeal from 1818 to 1987. Many names of the French and European aristocracy and nobility are included, including the Rothschild, Haussmann, La Tour-Maubourg, La Fayette, Breteuil, Gramont and La Rochefoucauld families, as well as famous personalities of the time. Provenance - Between 1818 and 1842, the announcements were addressed to Marquis Pierre Marie Alexis du Plessis d'Argentré (1761-1843). - Then, from 1843 to 1856, to his daughter Eugénie du Plessis d'Argentré, comtesse de Traissan (1785-1870), and her husband Frédéric Le Gonidec de Traissan, comte de Traissan (1776-1855). - The collection was interrupted on the death of the latter, between 1856 and 1861, then resumed by his descendants without interruption until 1911.