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[Low Countries - Genealogy] [VEGIANO, Jean-Charles-Joseph de] Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas, et du comté de Bourgogne contenant les villes, terres & seigneuries, érigées en titre de principauté, duché, marquisat, [...] les personnes qui ont été honorées de la dignité de chevalier [...]. Par M.D.**** S.D.H.**[...]. Leuven, J. Jacobs, 2 pts. in 1 vol., 12mo: 379-[3]-381/810-[pp. (foxing on title). Contemp. re-used ms. vellum cased binding, red edges (disbound but complete, sl. soiling). First edition of this still useful classic publication, giving a chronological list with notices and genealogies of families ennobled by the princes of the houses of Austria and Burgundy. Without supplements, rarely complete. Ref. De Ghellinck - Saffroy Joined, same format: Debrett, John - Arms of the Peers, Peeresses, &c. of England, Scotland and Ireland. [London, Debrett, ca. 1805]. pl. (on ff.), pp. (text incomplete of the printed title and introductory parts, some foxing on pl. and 1st lvs of text). Contemp. three-quarter calf cased binding, gilt filleted spine (rubbed). Prov. Luc de Roovere de Roosemersch (1784-1842), Belgian high magistrate, historian, bibliophile, genealogist and heraldist (bookpl.). (2 vol.)