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Folio (300 x 200 mm) 52 nn.ll. (including the last blank). Illuminated manuscript on vellum in brown and red ink, calligraphic text of 19 lines in a double frame ruled in red. Illustration: 1 full-page illuminated coat of arms, 5 small-format coats of arms, 8 decorative borders, 5 initials, 1 large folding family tree. Contemporary red morocco, wide gilt border of small fleur-de-lys, corner fleurons, spine decorated with fleur-de-lys, roulette on the edges, marbled endpapers and lining, illuminations protected by a red silk serpente, gilt edges, two intact silver clasps in the shape of a shell.
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Carta executoria for a citizen of Los Angeles, whose ancestor lived in Palam, Spain.
Carta executoria or illuminated certificate of nobility, in favour of Gabriel de Segura, citizen of the Mexican city of Puebla de Zaragoza (“Puebla de los Angeles de la nueba España”). With detailed genealogical information; the coat of arms of the ancestors, which generate his own coat of arms divided into four, is shown once again in miniature. Issued by the King of Arms (Rey de armas) Francisco Zazo y Rosillo, whose name is calligraphed in gold, with the royal seal, on the third richly decorated leaf. The penultimate page, signed by him on 30 April 1762, has his seal covered with paper; on the reverse and on the last page with other signatures is that of the official Lopez de Huexta with another seal covered with paper and the date 6 May 1762.
A very good copy.
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