WOELMONT DE BRUMAGNE (Baron de). LA NOBLESSE FRANÇAISE... Lot 23

WOELMONT DE BRUMAGNE (Baron de). LA NOBLESSE FRANÇAISE SUBSISTANTE (Recherches en vue d'un nobiliaire moderne). P., Champion, 1928. Two large volumes in-4, half marbled fawn basane, spine decorated, gilt coat of arms at the end, long-grained morocco title-pieces, cover boards preserved (Binding of the period). Spellings. ORIGINAL EDITION of the first volume in 2 parts of this important work. Part 1: General lists (alphabetical) - Part 2: The oldest houses of France still represented in the male line as of October 1, 1926; additions and corrections; descendants of the Crusaders, ancient chivalry, court honors; hereditary peers of France. Two other volumes will appear in 1933. Copy of the BERTIER DE SAUVIGNY, with gilt coat of arms on the tail ¶ Saffroy, 34321 and 34322 : " Complete work, of good faith, and indispensable to the genealogist. It was stopped at the province of Ile-de-France due to the death of the author."