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[HISTORY - GENEALOGY] - [SAINT-GENOIS, Joseph de] "Genealogical Memoirs, to Serve as a History of the Families of the Netherlands" Amsterdam, n.p., 1780–1781, 2 volumes. In-8°. Full contemporary root-tanned calfskin. Spine with 5 raised bands decorated with gilded floral panels and arabesques. Title label in red morocco and volume number in dark green morocco. Gold fillet running along the edges. Marbled edges. Interior in very fresh condition. Notched at the bottom of the title pages with no loss of text. Handwritten addition in black ink of the author’s name and volume number. First edition, illustrated with 40 half-page plates and 17 full-page plates, of this essential historical and heraldic compendium for the study of the nobility of the Netherlands, published anonymously by Count Joseph de Saint-Genois. The work offers precise documentation, richly illustrated with quartered coats of arms, heraldic emblems, and detailed entries on the lineages of the former Netherlands. The engraved plates faithfully reproduce numerous coats of arms, epitaphs, and funerary monuments of heritage interest. References: Barbier, II, 224; Saffroy, II, 23113 Provenance: from the library of Philippe Kervyn de Volkaersbeke (ex-libris)