De Semainville Pierre. - Code de la Noblesse Francaise - 1860

De Semainville Pierre-Alexandre Parrin. Code of the French Nobility. In Paris, 1860. Rare edition of the famous legal-heraldic work by the Count de Sémainville. The work deals with the origins of nobility—Roman, Gallic, Frankish, and feudal—and describes in detail the norms, laws and decrees concerning titles, coats of arms, noble prerogatives, and the prerogatives of parts of the nobility of France during the Ancien Régime, the Restoration, and the Second Empire. Half leather binding. Beautiful heraldic coat of arms engraved on the title page. Dimensions 23x15, pages VIII, 816, 9 leaves. Excellent condition.