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Portugal - VILLASBOAS E SAMPAYO (Antonio de). Nobiliarchia Portugueza. Tratado da nobreza hereditaria & politica. Offerecida ao Excellentissimo Senhor D. Rodrigo Annes de Saa Almeyda (...). Lisbon, Felipe de Souza Villela, 1708. Small in-4, [5] ff, 349-[11] pp, cream paper bradel, smooth spine, rebacked endpapers (modern binding). Title page and first few pages rebacked and repaired, leaves foxed or sometimes stained, a few side tears on pp. 189-196. Second edition. This Portuguese nobiliary (under the pseudonym of Joao Martins) first appeared in 1676 and has long been considered the best treatise on the Portuguese nobility. From page 226 onwards, the blazon of the arms of the main Portuguese families is shown, arranged in alphabetical order. Only one copy of this edition in the CCFr (BnF).
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Portugal - VILLASBOAS E SAMPAYO (Antonio de). Nobiliarchia Portugueza. Tratado da nobreza hereditaria & politica. Offerecida ao Excellentissimo Senhor D. Rodrigo Annes de Saa Almeyda (...). Lisbon, Felipe de Souza Villela, 1708. Small in-4, [5] ff, 349-[11] pp, cream paper bradel, smooth spine, rebacked endpapers (modern binding). Title page and first few pages rebacked and repaired, leaves foxed or sometimes stained, a few side tears on pp. 189-196. Second edition. This Portuguese nobiliary (under the pseudonym of Joao Martins) first appeared in 1676 and has long been considered the best treatise on the Portuguese nobility. From page 226 onwards, the blazon of the arms of the main Portuguese families is shown, arranged in alphabetical order. Only one copy of this edition in the CCFr (BnF).
