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Corbinelli, Jean De

Genealogical history of the Maison de Gondi, 1705

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€ 300 - 400

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€ 384

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Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1705. In 4th major. 2 vols. With 2 beautiful copper doors engraved by I. Mariette, large woodcut coat of arms on the frontispieces, with numerous out-of-text portraits, family trees folded several times, coats of arms, views of loggias, palaces, churches, hundreds of coats of arms engraved in wood in the text , & nbsp; numerous caps, small heads and richly decorated ends, light browning, slight blooms, coeval binding in mottled leather, backs with 5 nerves, title within a light leather gusset, in the compartments the arms of the Gondi in gold within a gilded frame, slight defects. Ex libris on the counterplates, signature of belonging to the title pages. & Nbsp;

Specialist Notes

Rare work with an impressive iconographic set. Corbinelli, descendant of a Florentine family in exile in France, where he enjoys the favor of Caterina De 'Medici and Henry VIII, celebrates the splendor of the noble Florentine family of the Gondi, a branch of which he moved to France following Caterina. Here he had a rapid rise which gave France illustrious men of the church and of arms. The author boasted an ancient relationship with the Gondi family, as well as with the well-known humanist Iacopo Corbinelli. & Nbsp;