[LA GALISSONIERE - NOBILITY OF NORMANDY] - Lot 248

[LA GALISSONIERE - NOBILITY OF NORMANDY] Directory of the Nobility of Rouen (Title on the back) Research on the Nobility of the Rouen Generality conducted from …1666… to 1672. Large folio, contemporary calfskin, decorated spine. Important late 17th-century manuscript comprising approximately 1,000 highly legible pages with numerous family trees and coats of arms described but not illustrated. Volume 2 alone covers the Elections of Caudebec, Neufchâtel, Montivilliers, Pont-Audemer, Pont-de-l'Arche, Rouen, and Pont-l'Évêque. Several later handwritten or typewritten tables. An illegible old handwritten bookplate. Two early 20th-century printed bookplates: Chandon de Briailles. Binding worn. Very rare. Volume 2 only.