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Samuel, Guichenon
Histoire Généalogique de la Royale Maison de Savoie justifiée par titres, foundations de monasteries, manuscrits,, 1778
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New edition of Turin (reprint of the Lyon edition of 1660), Giammichele Briolo, 1778 [volumes I 1778 [volumes I -V]. In 2nd. Portrait of Royal Madama Cristina of France, to whom the work is dedicated, engraved in copper by J. Mercorus (on the frontispiece of volume I), frontispiece of volume I in red and black characters, large Savoy coat of arms coupled with that of France on all title pages, portrait of the author of to each tome, numerous woodcut and copper-engraved illustrations, representing coats of arms, funerary monuments, seals, coins, portraits of Savoy ancestors.
Specialist Notes
Second edition, much expanded and updated compared to the Lyon original of 1660, of this grandiose and fundamental historical-genealogical work on the House of Savoy, accompanied by the diplomatic transcription of a large number of documents, many of which have been lost over time and of great importance for the history of Piedmont, and adorned with a splendid iconographic and heraldic apparatus. At the end of the fifth volume, there is - with its own title page, Turin 1780 - another work by Guichenon, not present in all copies, also originally printed in 1660 and expanded here: the Bibliotheca Sebusiana, followed by a short text compiled by C.G. Hoffmann on the life and writings of Guichenon. The volume ends with the alphabetical list of the subscribers to the work. Manno-Promis, I, 26; Spreti, 1924; Colaneri, 867: “Very important work especially for the very fine engravings of the portraits, coins, coats of arms and sepulchral monuments of the glorious House of Savoy. Saffroy, III, 50107.