Sale 2501 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 7, 2019

170 171 170 c   (MANUSCRIPT.) Patent of no- bility in favor of Antonio Muñoz de Castañeda of Valladolid. illuminated manuscript in spanish on vellum, written in roman hand in brown ink, with headings and decorated initials of various sizes in gold on red, blue, or green ground throughout. With family tree of the grantee on leaf 1r, full-page portrait on 3r, historiated borders on 3v and 4r, and half-page portrait on 75r, all painted in colors and gold. Official stamp and proofreader’s paraph in lower margin on recto of each leaf. 77 (of 78) leaves, including 2 blanks at end; lacks leaf 2, presumably with the arms of the grantee and possibly other illumination. 314x218 mm, disbound, quires loose in vellum wrapper with official stamp, preserved in contemporary vellum wrap- around folder with thong catch and clasp; conspicuous dampstaining on leaves in third and last 2 quires. (Valladolid, 20 July 1674) [800/1,200] 171 c   (MANUSCRIPT.) Sala- zar y Castro, Luis. Casas Illustres de España hasta el año de 1702. manuscript in spanish on laid paper, written in cursive hand in brown ink. [1], 109, [2], 110- 231, [6] leaves, including table of contents and 3 blanks; with 7-leaf index in later hand on wove paper bound at end. 291x199 mm, con- temporary sprinkled sheep gilt; contents generally clean. Spain, mid-18th century [800/1,200] Posthumously expanded version of an unpublished manuscript directory of Spanish noble families by the foremost Spanish genealogist of his time (1658- 1734), with some entries containing information dated in the later 1730s and 1740s.