Lot 457
  • 457

A diploma of Nobility granted to Frantz Benno Zaidlmair by the Emperor Leopold dated 1687

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • the first 35 by 25cm.
written on parchment and illuminated with the armorial device, the cover of velvet applied with wax Imperial seal; together with two diplomas of Nobility granted to Aloysius Bonaventura Freiherr von Altersheimb by the Emperor Leopold, dated 1681 and 1701, the covers of velvet, one applied with wax Imperial seal

Condition

Covers somewhat worn commensurate with age, one wax seal fractured through the centre, the other chipped around the rim.
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