Charles III of Spain

Folio (11 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.; 288 x 198 mm). Twenty-one leaves, illuminated manuscript on vellum interleaved with pink silk, each leaf within a red and blue border, large arms of the Abizanda family on first leaf, signatures of various functionaries on last leaf, including Don Iñigo del Conde. Contemporary burgundy velvet binding, red wax seal in brass box attached by a red cord; Zaragoza, 11 February 1784. Lacking two pairs of ties, binding slightly rubbed.

acquisition: Hamill & Barker

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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This fine carta executoria de hidalguia, issued in the name of Charles III, grants infanzón status (the lowest form of nobility, the Aragonese equivalent of hidalgo status) to Don Raymundo Miguel Abizanda, and many of his relatives, of the town of Naval in Aragon.