[LA CHESNAYE DES BOIS (François Alexandre Aubert de)]: Dictionnaire de la noblesse contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de France, l'explication de leurs armes, & l'état des grandes terres du royaume []. Second edition. Paris, Veuve Duchesne et chez l'auteur, 1770-1778. 12 vols. 19.5 by 26 cm. XVI-XXXIX-760-XVII to XXIV ; (4)-788 ;XI-638 ; XVI-677 ; XVI-761 ; IV-765 ; IV-764 ; IV-782 ; VI-705 (1)-7 manuscript pages ; IV-756 ; IV-757 ; IV-928 pages. Red half-maroquin, 5-rib spine, marbled edges, later binding. Some superficial defects on the bindings, including a small black stain on the spine of volume 5, and a small lack of leather on volume 9). Good condition inside, but some scattered foxing, and restored title page and a small marginal wormhole on 5 leaves in volume 1; light wetness on about ten leaves in volume 2; last leaf restored without missing in volume 4; 3 leaves with light wetness in volume 6; paper missing in margins on last 50 leaves, without missing text; title page restored in margins in volume 8; a small minor hole in title page in volume 10. Despite this long litany of defects, a perfectly good copy. Second edition (the first in 7 vols. was entitled: Dictionnaire généalogique héraldique, chronologique et historique; 1757-65). Also included: Sommaires détaillés des généalogies des familles mentionnées dans les tomes XIII, XIV, et XV du dictionnaire de la Noblesse de La Chesnay des Bois. Paris, auguste Aubry, 1863. One volume. 20 by 26 cm. 106 pages. Half red morocco, 5 bindings. Very good condition. Volumes 13, 14, 15 mentioned here are those of the supplement given by BADIER, absent in our copy as in most surviving copies. This volume seems to have been published to facilitate reading of the three supplement volumes, just before Schelinger's major republication begun in 1863. An indispensable book for Saffroy