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Domingos de Araujo Affonso e Ruy dique Travassos Valdez - Livro de Oiro da Nobreza: Apostilas à resenha das famílias titulares do reino de Portugal, Edição fac-similada - Domingos de Araujo Affonso e Ruy dique Travassos Valdez, 1988. Published in 1988 by J. A. Telles da Silva, as a facsimile re-edition of the original 1932 edition (prologue by Luiz Ferro), this work is presented in three 24 cm paperback volumes — with paginations of 569, 542 and 997 pages, respectively — housed in a protective publisher's box. This edition is limited to a print run of 500 copies, all numbered and initialed by the author, this being copy no. 255. An absolute reference work for the study of Portuguese genealogy and heraldry, this Golden Book of Nobility brings together genealogical, biographical and heraldic information on numerous noble families, illustrated with heraldic reproductions and decorative vignettes, establishing itself as an indispensable classic for researchers and collectors due to its precision on the lineages of the national aristocracy.