Southwest - Lot 279

Southwest O'GILVY (Gabriel) Nobiliaire de Guienne et de Gascogne. Revue des Familles d'ancienne Chevalerie ou Anoblies de ces Provinces, antérieures à 1789, avec leurs Généalogies et Armes, suivie d'un Traité Héraldique sous forme de Dictionnaire. Bordeaux, Demoulin, 1859-83. 4 volumes in-4; folding plates and plates of coats of arms in color. Black basane, spine ribbed and decorated, central gilt arms of Amadeo de Launet, rubbing and minor wear, Amadeo de Launet super-libris at foot. This work is, according to Saffroy, "the only one that gives, in a homogeneous form, the genealogies of subsisting or extinct houses or families in southwestern France". Provenances: From the libraries of the Marquisat de Beauvau with his printed bookplate, Charles de Launet with his gilded arms and printed bookplate, and Amadeo Delaunet with his printed bookplate and wet stamp. Amadeo Delaunet y Esnaola (1885-1958) in San Sebastian, bibliophile, genealogist (specializing in the great families of the Basque Country) and correspondent of the Royal Academy of History. His library was sold at auction on April 17 and 18, 2015 in Paris.