Extrait des titres produits par haut & puissant Seigneur M.re Jacques-Joseph Vipart Chevalier Marquis de Silly,... pour les preuves de sa noblesse. : Devant Monsieur Evesque de Metz, duc de Coislin... et Monsieur le Duc d'Estrées... deputez à cet esset par lettres patentes du 28 de Mars 1724.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

France. Sovereign (1715-1774 : Louis XV)

Contributor:

Foreign Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Vipart, Jacques-Joseph.

Titles of honor and nobility--France--Early works to 1800.

Titles of honor and nobility.

Nobility--France--Early works to 1800.

Nobility.

Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens.

Illumination of books and manuscripts.

Physical Description:

[39], [1] p. : vellum, ill. ; 57 cm.

Other Title:

Preuves de noblesse de Mr. le Marquis de Silly

Place of Publication:

[France : s.n.], 1724.

Language Note:

Text in French.

Summary:

A patent of nobility granted to Jacques-Joseph Vipart by Louis XV on the 3rd of June, 1724; includes lengthy report of his services to the King.

Notes:

Written on vellum and bound in contemporary full leather with silk front and rear pastedowns; gilt stamping on spine, gilt edges and with a gilt armorial stamp on cover.

Caption title.

Layout: Manuscript written on 44 lines per page within a red and gold framed border.

Illuminated with handcolored coats of arms throughout; extending along the left side of all pages (within border) is an illuminated tree trunk.

Spine title: Preuves de noblesse de Mr. le Marquis de Silly.

Includes remains of 3 wax seals on p. [39] along with statement certifying that patent of nobility was entered into the record on June 3, 1724; also includes faded ink signatures.