Les souverains du monde. Ouvrage qui fait connaitre la généalogie de leurs Maisons, 4 vols.

A La Haye, De La Comoagnie, 1721 & 1722 [Vol. 1,2 & 3 dated 1721. Vol. 2 dated 1721]. 8vo. Uniformly bound in four contemporary full calf binding with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spines. Wear to extremities, parts of gilting on spine worn off. Boards with scratches with some loss of leather. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-papers (F. v. Iuel). Internally fine and clean. (28), 451 pp. (4), 652 pp. (4), 456 pp. (4), 352, (4) pp. + 46 plates of which 1 is folded.

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Second French edition of this extensive work on nobility and various Royal Houses around the work: Vol. 1 deal with German nobility, vol. 3 with European nobility and vol. 4 with non European royal houses including Japan, China, Turkey and Africa. Barbier, IV-556