CORBINELLI, Jean de - Histoire Généalogique de la Maison de Gondi. Paris, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1705. 2 vols. in-4, (14) ff, 511 pp (in Roman numerals); (3) ff, 700 pp, (10) ff, some worm damage without affecting the text, contemporary brown calf, spines decorated with heraldic emblems, headpieces and corners rest.
SAFFROY III, 41966. Illustrated with a large number of intaglio plates and tables, making the collation complex and variable from copy to copy. Volume I of our ex. includes 1 frontispiece, 10 portraits, 4 folded genealogical tables, 23 monuments and plans, 1 map. Volume II: 1 front, 2 folded genealogical tables, 18 portraits, 13 monuments, 8 plates of coats of arms and shields. Engraved by Duflos from drawings by Ant. Pezey. Monumental undertaking financed by the Duchesse de Lesdiguières née Paule de Gondi, who included all her ancestors from the family's Florentine origins in the 13th century. Her coat of arms is stamped on the spine of each copy. An important source for the history of France in the 17th century, given the prominent role played by this family. Illustrations cover emblematics, architecture, archaeology, numismatics and the decorative arts. Fine portrait of Cardinal de Retz (Volume II, 163)
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