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CALMET (Augustin). Histoire généalogique de la maison du Châtelet, puînée branche de la Maison de Lorraine. [Nancy, Imprimerie de la veuve de Jean-Baptiste Cusson, 1741. In-folio, brown marbled calf, richly decorated ribbed spine, red title page, triple gilded fillet with fleurs-de-lis spandrels on sides, double gilded fillet on edges, red edges (period binding). Two headbands trimmed, corners rubbed, but a good copy. Numerous arms and figures in the text, 8 headline vignettes engraved by Aveline after Humblot and Melle, 23 plates engraved hors-texte, and 10 genealogical tables. Magnificent ceremonial genealogy commissioned by the House of Châtelet, which distributed it among its relations, which explains the frequency of copies bearing its arms (as is the case here). A precious present copy with the arms of the du CHÂTELET family pushed into the center of the boards (OHR 67). Ex-libris collection Alix.

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CALMET (Augustin). Histoire généalogique de la maison du Châtelet, puînée branche de la Maison de Lorraine. [Nancy, Imprimerie de la veuve de Jean-Baptiste Cusson, 1741. In-folio, brown marbled calf, richly decorated ribbed spine, red title page, triple gilded fillet with fleurs-de-lis spandrels on sides, double gilded fillet on edges, red edges (period binding). Two headbands trimmed, corners rubbed, but a good copy. Numerous arms and figures in the text, 8 headline vignettes engraved by Aveline after Humblot and Melle, 23 plates engraved hors-texte, and 10 genealogical tables. Magnificent ceremonial genealogy commissioned by the House of Châtelet, which distributed it among its relations, which explains the frequency of copies bearing its arms (as is the case here). A precious present copy with the arms of the du CHÂTELET family pushed into the center of the boards (OHR 67). Ex-libris collection Alix.

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