Grande - Origine de' Cognomi Gentilizi nel Regno di Napoli - 1756

First edition of this important and sought-after work on onomastics and genealogy. Cf. Spreti, 1843; Giustiniani, no. 34, p. 176; and Moncada Lo Giudice, 1027: 'An interesting work from a historical and philological perspective, valuable for the genesis and history of many southern families. Various family names during the periods of the Greeks, Romans, barbarians, and Normans, who later introduced the use of surnames as it is known today.'

Gennaro Grande, Origin of the noble surnames in the Kingdom of Naples..., Naples, Vincenzo Pauria, 1756.

PP.: (VIII), 328. Complete.

Copy with cards in overall good condition, with the usual signs of use and aging. Diffuse fading typical of Neapolitan paper of that period.

Contemporary binding in full parchment with a title on the spine, well preserved. White endpapers. Sprayed red edges.