Bidspirit auction | GUERRA (Luiz de Bivar). A

GUERRA (Luiz de Bivar). A CASA da Graciosa. Braga. 1965. - GUERRA (Luiz de Bivar) A CASA da Graciosa . Braga: Livraria Cruz, 1965. XXIV, 514, [14] pp.; il.; 235 mm. Author's edition in a limited edition of only 300 numbered and signed copies, exclusively intended as gifts. Luiz de Bivar Guerra (Lisbon, 1904-?), librarian-archivist, genealogical and heraldic researcher, member of the Association of Portuguese Archaeologists and the Portuguese Institute of Heraldry, was one of the most prolific Portuguese genealogists of the 20th century, with a vast body of work that includes studies on New Christians, noble houses, and inquisitorial documentation. The House of Graciosa is a monumental study of the ancestry of the 4th Marquis of Graciosa, João Filipe de Melo Furtado Osório de Meneses Pita, traced from all sides using primary archival documentation. The work includes numerous fold-out family trees. Rare and highly sought after. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate