This important manoscript is the work of Odoardo Gandusio and was bought in 1694 by the Genoese Patrician Gian Agostino Botti (Botta). This codex is divided essentially in two parts: the first one, cotaining historical notices and lists of Anziani, consules, ambassadors, podestà, ecclesiastics, noblemen, merchants, artisans, etc., is useful for the historian of the Genoese Republic, and is here reproduced in black and white; the second one, instead, of high heraldic interest and artistic value, displays the coats of arms of as many as 308 Genoese Patrician Families, giving in several cases also more than one variant of the coat of arms - for as many as 500 coats of arms in total - and historical-genealogical notices on each family: this part is reproduced in full colour. A preface by Niccolo’ Orsini De Marzo introduces to the Genoese heraldry and its tpicalities and curiosities, while an appendix in French contains the blazons by Michel Popoff, as well as an useful index.

Sixth volume, after those dedicated to Florence (Stemmario e Priorista), Bologna, Vence and Neaples, of our The European Edition of the Sources for Heraldry and Genealogy conserved in Private Collections, this work, finely bound in cloth and protected by an elegant dustjacket, misures 21x30 cm and contains as many as 812 pages, and 345 are the plates of the armorial reproduced in full colour.