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Auction archive: Lot number 536

CARTA EXECUTORIA DE HIDALGUIA of Don Basilio de Iscar, issued by Charles III, in Spanish, illuminated manuscript on vellum, San Idelfonso, 7 September 1779

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,548 - US$3,823
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 536

CARTA EXECUTORIA DE HIDALGUIA of Don Basilio de Iscar, issued by Charles III, in Spanish, illuminated manuscript on vellum, San Idelfonso, 7 September 1779

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,548 - US$3,823
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

CARTA EXECUTORIA DE HIDALGUIA of Don Basilio de Iscar, issued by Charles III, in Spanish, illuminated manuscript on vellum, San Idelfonso, 7 September 1779 A handsome example of a Bourbon-period Executoria , in a lavishly gilt binding with its original gilt-metal seal-case and wax seal. 313 x 205mm. ii (paper) + 10 + iv (paper) leaves, leaves with illumination interleaved with salmon-pink silk, complete, full-page coat of arms of Don Basilio de Iscar, one illuminated title-page with the legend 'Don Carlos por la Gracia de Dios', 6 historiated initials and one decorated initial (a few wormholes, some marginal staining and thumbing). Contemporary red morocco elaborately tooled in gold, 'Executoria de Don Basilio de Iscar' gilt-stamped on upper cover, bronze clasps, contemporary gilt-metal seal case and wax seal with the arms of Don Basilio de Iscar. Provenance : A confirmation of nobility, or hidalguia , with all the perks and exemptions that come with it for Don Basilio de Iscar, issued by the King at the behest of Basilio's uncle Juan Antonio, and witnessed and signed on the final leaves — Doyle, New York, 5 November 2012, lot 270.

Auction archive: Lot number 536
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

CARTA EXECUTORIA DE HIDALGUIA of Don Basilio de Iscar, issued by Charles III, in Spanish, illuminated manuscript on vellum, San Idelfonso, 7 September 1779 A handsome example of a Bourbon-period Executoria , in a lavishly gilt binding with its original gilt-metal seal-case and wax seal. 313 x 205mm. ii (paper) + 10 + iv (paper) leaves, leaves with illumination interleaved with salmon-pink silk, complete, full-page coat of arms of Don Basilio de Iscar, one illuminated title-page with the legend 'Don Carlos por la Gracia de Dios', 6 historiated initials and one decorated initial (a few wormholes, some marginal staining and thumbing). Contemporary red morocco elaborately tooled in gold, 'Executoria de Don Basilio de Iscar' gilt-stamped on upper cover, bronze clasps, contemporary gilt-metal seal case and wax seal with the arms of Don Basilio de Iscar. Provenance : A confirmation of nobility, or hidalguia , with all the perks and exemptions that come with it for Don Basilio de Iscar, issued by the King at the behest of Basilio's uncle Juan Antonio, and witnessed and signed on the final leaves — Doyle, New York, 5 November 2012, lot 270.

Auction archive: Lot number 536
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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