For those of you with the financial resources, the following advertisement on Abebooks may be of interest -
Title:
Collection of 13 Spanish Nobility Patents (Carta executoria de hidalguia), 16th-18th century, in original bindings, with hand colored miniatures
Description:
13 Spanish Nobility Patents, handsomely bound in original leather, vellum or velvet, most with original ties present. Calligraphic manuscripts in Spanish on vellum. Dates range from the 16th to 18th century. Unpaginated, but manuscripts range from 20-100 leaves. Each embellished with at least one full-page illuminated miniature, as well as colored borders and initials.The miniatures are mostly of the same motif: the newly appointed nobleman (sometimes with his wife) and his coat of arms beneath a hovering Virgin and Child. Bindings in Good condition; most leather bindings with shallow loss and edgewear. Minor library marks, usually just a single sticker or bookplate on a front blank, on all volumes. Contents Very Good. The bibliographic title of each manuscript is some variation of "Carta executoria de hidalguia a pedimento de Pedro Goncalez Gil vezino de la villa de Vejar," with the name of the nobleman and his city of residence changed, respectively. Digital images and more detailed descriptions of any of the 13 individual manuscripts are available upon request.
Bookseller:
Caliban Books Pittsburgh PA, ABAA (Wilkinsburg, PA, U.S.A.)
The advertisement includes five photographs of at least one or perhaps two of the manuscripts.
The best way to view them is to go to Abebooks website and select their Advanced Search, enter ‘illuminated manuscripts’ in the ‘Keywords:’ selection box then select ‘Books Listed Within’ the last 48 hours (as of Friday 28th September New Zealand time). (The web address is rather long and complex which is why I did not include it.)
I found the advertisement because I am interested in illuminated manuscripts and frequently check out Abebooks for books about illuminated manuscripts.
Regards,
Iain Boyd
For your convenience, this links directly to the collection in question: Collection of 13 Spanish Nobility Patents
Looking on the bright side .... shipping is only $4.
http://pictures.abebooks.com/CALIBOOK/8659516851_5.jpg
... that’s only $2,692.31 per patent!
And still less than the fee the College of Arms charges for a new grant .... :D
Thanks for the link.
I feel that the seller is doing himself a disservice by not listing the names of the recipients. I would bet that the descendants of those individuals would love to have this document but, if they don’t know it’s there they won’t spend the $35K.
Actually Kimon, there’s no provenance, apart from library (!) marks mentioned anywhere - which IMO is curious.
What a magnificent work of art! That is definitely on the "to be acquired" list, provided Publishers Clearing House come through for me…
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