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[Carta executoria manuscript on vellum, Madrid 1769]
[certification of arms and genealogical treatise]
Certification of arms and genealogical treatise
1 unnumbered leaf, 36 unnumbered pages : color illlustrations, illuminated coat of arms ; 31 cm
Title supplied by cataloger from bookseller's description.
Calligraphic manuscript on vellum, being the legal certification of coat of arms for Garcia de Quiros y Gonzalez, prepared and attested by Don Ramon Zazo y Ortega, Master of Arms for Charles III, King of Spain, in Madrid, 1769. The manuscript contains heraldic information, history, and genealogy of the Spanish families descending from Don Joseph Garcia de Quiros, Gonzalez Rubio; Don Lope Garcia de Quiro Gonzalez Rubio; Don Marcelino Garcia de Quiros, Gonzalez Rubio; Don Sebastian Cayetano Garcia de Quiros, Gonzalez Rubio; Don Francisco Bernal de Quiros; Don Lope Bernal de Quiros; Don Francisco Bernal de Quiros.
Illuminated title page; 4 illuminated initials and 2 illuminated vignettes.
On the second leaf, incorporated into the illuminated border, is the ink stamp of the Spanish goverment under Carlos III, approving this Carta Executoria. The manuscript still retains the paper seal of the City of Madrid and bears multiple signatures.
Dated: Madrid, catorze (& quinze) del mes de Abrill de mill setecientos sesenta y nueve.
Paper endleaves watermarked "MM" and apparently "[17]67."