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(VERGILI, PERE.) Illuminated calligraphic manuscript document in Spanish, written in neat italic hand in black and red ink, 17 lines, recto and verso, on vellum. with full-page painted vergili arms and full-page painted cartouche enclosing the name of the King of Arms, Manuel Antonio Brochero, with printed seal at top; 4 decorated initials; signed by Brochero at end. [12] leaves, including final blank. 294x205 mm, original red velvet over pasteboard, covers rubbed, spine faded and heavily worn, decorated paper pastedowns. Madrid, 29 July 1754
Confirmation of nobility and arms in favor of the military surgeon Pere Virgili of Villalonga near Tarragona (1699-1776), who founded the surgical faculties of Cádiz--the first teaching institution of its kind in Spain--in 1748 and Barcelona in 1760.
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