GUICHENON (Samuel): History of the Sovereignty... Lot 2

GUICHENON (Samuel): History of the Sovereignty of Dombes, justified Titles, Foundations of Monasteries, Old Manuscripts, etc. by Samuel Guichenon. Published with Notes and unpublished Documents by M.-C. Guigue. Second edition followed by additions and rectifications, unpublished until now, made by the author himself to his History of Bresse and Bugey, printed in 1650. Lyon, Brun, Bourg-en Bresse, Martin-Bottier, Paris, Dumoulin, 1874. 2 volumes. 17,5 by 27 cm. XLVI-(2)-344; (4)-374-LXXXIII-(3) pages. Half-percaline terre de sienne, bradel binding, red title page, covers preserved. Slight rubbing on the boards, otherwise very good condition of the binding. Good condition inside (foxing on the retained covers). Edition on fine watermarked vellum paper, not trimmed. Second edition followed by unpublished additions and rectifications, it contains important heraldic information on the genealogy of the sires of Beaujeu, the armorial of Dombes, the genealogy of the noble families of Dombes.