Liste des noms des ci devant nobles, & de tous les aspirans à la Noblesse, ou escrocs d'icelle, avec des notes sur leurs familles

First edition. 3 parts, originally sold in installments here gathered in one volume. Rare.
Half red shagreen binding from mid-19th century. Spine with raised bands in compartments decorated with fleurons. Corners slightly bumped.
Examination and origin (history and genealogy) of the nobility of all the great families of France, the Montesquiou, Lusignan, Noailles, Rohan, and lesser ones as well, the author endeavoring to demonstrate that all nobility is usurped, and that all nobles are in fact impostors, and that they derive their origins either from commoners or from thieves, that there is therefore no legitimacy of power and nobility.