NOBLESSE. [CORBET (Pierre Alexandre, vicomte d'Alès de)] : Recherches historiques sur l'ancienne gendarmerie françoise: Par M*** [Académicien honoraire de l'académie des sciences & Belles-Lettres d'Angers où elles ont été lues dans des séances publiques. Avignon, Girard, 1759; in 12, fawn calf, spine decorated with faux-nerves, red tr. binding of the time. A rare and curious essay; the author wants to demonstrate that the profession of arms and the confession of a fiefdom were not sufficient, until François I, to create the nobility of name and arms. Long handwritten note on the title page. From the bibl. of Pierre-Clémént de Laussat, prefect of the Empire with his ex libris