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Title

Histoire genealogique de la maison des seigneurs de Daillon, comte de Lude, depuis l'année 1364

Authors

• Daillon family

Other related names

• Towneley, John, 1697-1782, former owner
• Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 953
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 3584944
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3584944

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

French

Origin

Date

ca. 1726-1727

Place

France

Summary

The genealogy of the Daillon family from the mid-14th into the 18th century. Members of this family held the position of gouverneur de Poitou in the 16th century and carried the title of comte de Lude. The account includes both basic biographical information and information on services provided by members of the family to the French monarchy. A table of contents at the end of the volume (p. 79-82) gives the starting page numbers for major members of the family.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. v); date based on the latest date in the primary hand (1726, p. 74) and in notes by a secondary hand (1727, p. 70).
   

Extent

50 leaves : 187 x 140 mm. bound to 194 x 148 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 50 + i (contemporary paper; [vi], 1-92, [ii]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary calf (Zacour-Hirsch). Lower cover nearly detached.

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

• Formerly held in the collection of John Towneley (bookplate, inside upper cover).
   
• Formerly held in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (stamp, front flyleaf verso), Philipps ms. 3965.
   
• Purchased, 1954.
   

Subjects topical

• Nobility--France--Genealogy

Genres

• Codices
• Genealogies
• Manuscripts, French--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

• Text

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  URL

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• Text

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover