Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 210

Price Realized: $ 2,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(MANUSCRIPT.) Patent of nobility in favor of Maria Manuela Teresa Fuenbuena de la Fuente of Zaragoza. illuminated calligraphic manuscript in latin and spanish, written in roman and italic hands in black ink, 25 lines, recto and verso, on vellum. with painted title within historiated cartouche and full-page painting of the arms of the grantee, both in colors and gold; 2 headings and 4 large initials in gold with floral and ornithological decoration in colors. [14] leaves, ruled in black throughout, with silk guards over the illumination. 259x185 mm, contemporary red velvet over pasteboard, covers rubbed, spine and cover edges worn, ties lacking, laced with gold braid but missing the seal; one silk guard partly excised, small dark stain in outer margin throughout, contents otherwise clean. (Zaragoza, 8 August 1667)