Lot 35

Spain.- Charles III (King of Spain) Charter decreeing acceptance of the resignation of the title of Grandeza (grandee) of Spain, first class and its re-settlement on Don Luis Maria Buffile, Vizconde de Brancas, great-grandson of the Marquis de Brancas, 20th century dark blue morocco, gilt, 1785.

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Spain.- Charles III (King of Spain, 1716-88) Charter decreeing acceptance of the resignation of the title of Grandeza (grandee) of Spain, 8 vellum leaves, interleaved with tissue, double endpapers of plain and floral paper, the text within a double border of gold and red, the intervening space decorated with floral designs in green, rose, yellow and blue, bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey on front pastedown, modern endpapers and old floral paper, 20th century dark blue morocco, gilt, rubbed, joints cracked and upper cover near detached, g.e., by Riviere, folio (305 x 212 mm.), 1785.

⁂ A decree of Charles III, king of Spain, accepting the resignation of the title of Grandeza (grandee) of Spain, first class, granted in 1730 to the Marquis de Brancas, French ambassador in Spain, by his son Don Luis Pablo de Brancas (1718-1802), Duque de Cereste Brancas, and its re-settlement on Don Luis Maria Buffile, Vizconde de Brancas, great-grandson of the Marquis de Brancas, with provision for the further descent of the grandeza should he succeed to a French peerage, 14 August 1785. The issue carried on until 1866, when it was established that women could succeed to Spanish titles.

Description

Spain.- Charles III (King of Spain, 1716-88) Charter decreeing acceptance of the resignation of the title of Grandeza (grandee) of Spain, 8 vellum leaves, interleaved with tissue, double endpapers of plain and floral paper, the text within a double border of gold and red, the intervening space decorated with floral designs in green, rose, yellow and blue, bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey on front pastedown, modern endpapers and old floral paper, 20th century dark blue morocco, gilt, rubbed, joints cracked and upper cover near detached, g.e., by Riviere, folio (305 x 212 mm.), 1785.

⁂ A decree of Charles III, king of Spain, accepting the resignation of the title of Grandeza (grandee) of Spain, first class, granted in 1730 to the Marquis de Brancas, French ambassador in Spain, by his son Don Luis Pablo de Brancas (1718-1802), Duque de Cereste Brancas, and its re-settlement on Don Luis Maria Buffile, Vizconde de Brancas, great-grandson of the Marquis de Brancas, with provision for the further descent of the grandeza should he succeed to a French peerage, 14 August 1785. The issue carried on until 1866, when it was established that women could succeed to Spanish titles.

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