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DORIA FAMILY GENEALOGY - Albero della Famiglia Doria veramente felice, in cui u e sempre qualche ramo d'oro ..., ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, Italy [after 1636].
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DORIA FAMILY GENEALOGY - Albero della Famiglia Doria veramente felice, in cui u e sempre qualche ramo d'oro ..., ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, Italy [after 1636].
455 x 377 mm., 20 leaves, including final blank, collation: 1-54, written in black and red ink, borders ruled in red and yellow, 11 pages with floral decoration including 9 armorials, 20 small portraits including 8 in roundels, 4 LARGER PORTRAITS, FULL-PAGE ALLEGORICAL FRONTISPIECE, all in colours. (Minor staining.) Contemporary red morocco with Doria arms gilt on covers (rubbed and spine worn).
The large frontispiece depicts a couple holding hands within classical architecture, the sea and a lighthouse at back, symbolising the foundation of the House of Doria in Genoa in 941. The portraits represent the more important members of the family up to Andrea (1468-1560) and Joannes Andreas Doria. At the end is a copy of a privilege by Philip IV of Spain dated 1636.
The Doria were one of Italy's grandest families and this volume was clearly made for their private use.
455 x 377 mm., 20 leaves, including final blank, collation: 1-54, written in black and red ink, borders ruled in red and yellow, 11 pages with floral decoration including 9 armorials, 20 small portraits including 8 in roundels, 4 LARGER PORTRAITS, FULL-PAGE ALLEGORICAL FRONTISPIECE, all in colours. (Minor staining.) Contemporary red morocco with Doria arms gilt on covers (rubbed and spine worn).
The large frontispiece depicts a couple holding hands within classical architecture, the sea and a lighthouse at back, symbolising the foundation of the House of Doria in Genoa in 941. The portraits represent the more important members of the family up to Andrea (1468-1560) and Joannes Andreas Doria. At the end is a copy of a privilege by Philip IV of Spain dated 1636.
The Doria were one of Italy's grandest families and this volume was clearly made for their private use.