Joseph-Hyacinthe-François de Paule de Rigaud VAUDREUIL
[Extrait de l'Armorial général de Charles d'Hozier] : De Riguaud (a) de Vaudreuil, Seigneurs & Barons de Vaudreuil, d'Auriac, de Greffeil, &c.[Extract from the Armorial général of Charles d’Hozier]: De Riguaud (a) de Vaudreuil, Lords & Barons of Vaudreuil, of Auriac, of Greffeil, &c]
Prault|Paris 1738|25.8 x 38 cm|Relié
A fine and substantial group relating to the Vaudreuil family, of considerable importance in the history of the French colonies, both in Canada and in Saint-Domingue.
The work is illustrated, at the beginning of the volume, with a folding genealogical table printed hors-texte.
Contemporary full marbled sheep binding, spine in six compartments gilt and tooled with floral motifs, red morocco title-piece, rubbing to the joints and restorations to the spine, gilt arms stamped at the centres of the boards, minor losses and abrasions to the boards, marbled endpapers, gilt fillets to the edges partially faded, marbled edges, an early binding.
The folding plate at the beginning
€3,500