First edition of a rare genealogy of the princely houses of Saxony and Savoy, from the beginning of the line until 1580. The family tree starts with the legendary Sigurd (or Siegfried), who is depicted with a full-page woodcut illustration in which he supports the trunk of the tree. The line continues with Liudolf of Saxony (before 806-866), the oldest verified member of the Ottonian dynasty, Emperor Otto I (912-973), Humbert I (980-1047), the founder of the house of Savoy, and ends with Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1562-1630). The work was likely created in honour of the latter, as he had succeeded his father a year prior to its publication.
The present family tree was originally part of a biography of all family members of the houses of Saxony and Savoy. This work is often incomplete, as the family tree was regularly taken out and sold separately. The present work is likely one of these separately sold family trees, but it is in itself complete.
Emanuel Filibert Pingone (1525-1582) baron of Cusy, was a lawyer, diplomat, and historian, who worked for the court of Savoy. He was appointed as the court historiographer shortly after Duke Emmanuel-Philibert of Savoy (1553-1580) won a resounding victory over the French troops in the Battle of Saint-Quentin (1557). Pingone was the first to publish the history of Turin. However, his genealogy of the houses of Saxony and Savoy is considered his most important work and was referenced until at least the 18th century.
With a 17th-century annotation on the back of the end of the family tree. The work is slightly browned and stained, with a water stain in the lower half of the 8th generation of the family, somewhat affecting the image, the left edge and several small holes have been restored. The family tree was originally part of a biography, but has been separated from the text. Otherwise in good condition. Cf. Edit 16, CNCE 33744 (whole work); Graesse V, 299 (whole work); USTC 848810 (whole work); not in BMC Italian.