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Carta Executoria of King Carlos II of Spain for Diego Merino de Bargas of Tornavacas and His Sons Rodrigo Francisco and Luis Merino de Bargas.
1685148310Valladolid Spain 1685. Rare 17th century elaborately illuminated nobility patent of King Carlos II of Spain for the late Diego Merino de Bargas of Tornavacas represented by two procurators and his sons Rodrigo Francisco and Luis Merino de Bargas residents of Lugar de Cavecuela. Quarto bound in early red velvet over pasteboards with red and yellow silk cord on the spine the patent is comprised of 144 leaves numbered 1-145 in contemporary Arabic numerals partially illegible ink stamps in bottom margins of each page manuscript on vellum written in italic Spanish script within a broad liquid gold border with decorated six-line cadel initials and some in text illuminations. Decorated with two full-pages of illumination depicting the Virgin standing on a crescent moon surrounded by seraphim and cherubim flanked by two kneeling men on the right and two on the left and an achievement of arms on pages 1 and 2 with a blue silk curtain between and a smaller illuminated miniature of the king on page 142. In very good condition with the illuminated pages exceptionally bright. King Carlos II of Spain 1661–1700 the last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire is a pivotal figure in early modern European history due to both his personal condition and the dynastic crisis his death provoked. His reign was marked by severe political and economic decline compounded by his physical and mental disabilities which contemporary and modern historians attribute to generations of Habsburg inbreeding. Lacking a direct heir Carlos II's death triggered the War of the Spanish Succession 1701–1714 a major European conflict over control of the Spanish throne and its vast territories. His reign thus represents both the culmination of Habsburg rule in Spain and the beginning of a transformative shift in the balance of European power ultimately leading to the rise of the Bourbon dynasty under Philip V. hardcover
Raptis Rare Books · États-Unis12 800,00 $US≈ 10 830,08 €
