Andrea Borella - Annuario della nobiltà italiana XXXII edizione 2011-2014

It is a 2506-page volume in black and white with 120 color plates, in a fabric slipcase with titles in gold, weighing 7 kg, page size 21 x 29.5 cm. To better preserve the work, the volume is enclosed in a red fabric slipcase with gold lettering. The structure of the Almanac is organized into 5 main parts, namely: Part I: families already Sovereign in the ancient Italian States and the Royal House of Italy; Part II: noble families listed in the official registers of the Kingdom of Italy; Part III: noble families subdivided into: a) pontifical titled families after 1870; b) noble families ennobled by the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta or welcomed into the same chivalric Order; c) noble families ennobled by the King of Italy Umberto II after 1947; d) families admitted into chivalric orders with proofs of nobility for reception after the fall of the Kingdom of Italy, or ennobling; Part IV: families endowed with "nobility of the generous kind", especially of preunitarian States, which, however, were not recognized by the Kingdom of Italy and are therefore not included in the preceding parts; Part V: Italian "notable" families, i.e., those with a coat of arms and living in a noble manner, but formally not recognized as noble; Index. This publication contains, for the first time worldwide, a treatise on applied dynastic law relating to the Royal Houses of Savoy, Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Bourbon Parma, and Habsburg-Lorraine. This part is accompanied by the full reproduction of the as-yet unpublished Decree reorganizing the Heraldry of the Royal House of Savoy signed by His Royal Highness Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Savoy (2012) and the Decree reorganizing the Heraldry of the Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma signed by His Royal Highness Carlo Saverio of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma (2013), as well as the heraldic gallery of the crests of the Royal House of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies (completed in 2014). Product details Ring-bound in red cloth with gold trim: 2506 pages Publisher: SAGI; First Edition (December, 2014) Language: Italian ISBN-10: 8895231082 ISBN-13: 978-8895231082

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