Laigue (Antoine-Louis de). - French Families Considered in T - Lot 365

Laigue (Antoine-Louis de). - French Families Considered in Terms of Their Hereditary Honorary Privileges, or Historical Research on the Origin of the Nobility, the various means by which it could be acquired in France, the Institution of Entailed Estates, and the Establishment of Orders of Chivalry, the Legion of Honor, and Names and Coats of Arms. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, Petit, Rondonneau, and Decle, 1815. In-8, modern midnight blue half-shagreen with a smooth spine, gilt lettering—[3 ff., title page, preface, warning], 263 pp. "This little-known work is nonetheless intriguing. The section concerning the bestowal of names, coats of arms, their substitutions, battle cries, mottos, and other related subjects is well worth consulting" (Guigard 3320)