Hildebrand, Felix Heinrich. Q.D.B.V. Dissertatio iuridica inauguralis De probatione per stemmata genealogica sive Vom Beweiß durch Stamm-Bäume und Geschlechts-Register quam decreto et auctoritate inclyti ICtorum ordinis in Academia Norica pro licentia summos in utro que iure honores privilegia que rite et legitime consequendi publicae eruditorum disquisitioni submittit Felix Henricus Hildebrand Altorfinus D. VIII Mens. Maii A. R. S. MDCCXIX.
[Altdorf]: Recud. Iod. Guil. Kohlesius Acad. Typogr., A. 1729. In Latin. 4to. 215 x 179 mm (8.5 x 7 in.). Woodcut initial and head-piece. Textblock untrimmed, with leaves extending to their original deckled edge. Good. A few leaves with spotting. Small piece missing from the top edge of the final leaf, closest to the gutter, but not affecting text. Bound in modern Italian marbled paper. A legal dissertation on requirements for proving pedigree and consanguinity and the use of genealogy to prove lineage, especially for claims made to noble titles. Genealogical scholarship was closely tied to currents in antiquarian and archival research in Europe. VD18 1505683X
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