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Armorial GUÉRIN Of LA GRASSERIE Armorial Of BrittanyThe description of this item has been automatically translated. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. AP GUÉRIN of LA GRASSERIEArmorial of Brittany containing the names and first names of the Breton families who obtained orders from the reformation chamber established in Rennes, from 1668 to 1671, the date of the old reformations and the known origin of these families, or the number of their generations until 1668; families maintained or ennobled from that time until 1789; families ennobled under the Empire and the Restoration until 1830; noble families who, although from another province, came to live in Brittany and contracted alliances there; the names of the lands erected into dignity; the mottos of some families with their coats of arms lithographed in color.Rennes, Deniel, 1845-1848, folio, 34.5 x 28 cm., half-leather binding, corners bumped, edges well rubbed, well-ruled gilt edge , some rare & discreet foxing otherwise insideclean , 4 ff. & 304 pp., 74 superb chromo-lithographed plates on strong paper & under silk.LThe author’s coat of arms (dry stamp) is present on each of the plates.Azure with a chevron of gold accompanied in chief by three bezants of the same with a border engrailed with silver.”First volume only, second volume missingArmorial of Brittany containing the names and first names of the Breton families who obtained orders from the reformation chamber established in Rennes, from 1668 to 1671, the date of the old reformations and the known origin of these families, or the number of their generations until 1668; families maintained or ennobled from that time until 1789; families ennobled under the Empire and the Restoration until 1830; noble families who, although from another province, came to live in Brittany and contracted alliances there; the names of the lands erected into dignity; the mottos of some families with their coats of arms lithographed in color. Rennes, Deniel, 1845-1848, folio, 34.5 x 28 cm., half-leather binding, corners bumped, edges well rubbed, well-ruled gilt edge , some rare & discreet fo