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Lot 42
Spanish Heraldry.- Guerra y Villegas (José Alfonso de, herald) Certificazion, Blazon I Despacho de Armas [for Don Antonio de Albarado], manuscript signed by Joseph Alfonso de Guerra y Villegas, in Spanish, on vellum, full-page watercolour arms of Albarado, original green velvet, Madrid, 1719.
Hammer Price: £850
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Spanish Heraldry.- Guerra y Villegas (José Alfonso de, herald, King of Arms to Carlos II, d. 1722) Certificazion, Blazon I Despacho de Armas [for Don Antonio de Albarado], manuscript signed at the end by Joseph Alfonso de Guerra y Villegas, Martin Mazzelino de Vergara and others, in Spanish, on vellum, title and 62pp. including full-page watercolour arms of Antonio de Albarado, with green silk guard, full-page decorated start of text in monochrome watercolour wash, small folding family pedigree, italic hand, title and text within ink borders, small tear with loss to lower margins affecting title and first 7ff., gilt patterned pastedowns, original green velvet, rubbed, repaired, two metal clasps, rebacked, Phillipps MS 21263, folio, Madrid, 19th February 1719.
⁂ "It speaks of the famous Alonso de Alvarado and of his services in Peru, and how he defeated "el tirano Francisco Hernandez Giron", also of other members of the family in Chile, and Cuzco, and of Don Pedro Alvarado, "Conquistador de Guatemala... ." - Phillipps catalogue.
Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps, MS 21263, sale, Sotheby's, 24 June 1919, lot 26.
Description
Spanish Heraldry.- Guerra y Villegas (José Alfonso de, herald, King of Arms to Carlos II, d. 1722) Certificazion, Blazon I Despacho de Armas [for Don Antonio de Albarado], manuscript signed at the end by Joseph Alfonso de Guerra y Villegas, Martin Mazzelino de Vergara and others, in Spanish, on vellum, title and 62pp. including full-page watercolour arms of Antonio de Albarado, with green silk guard, full-page decorated start of text in monochrome watercolour wash, small folding family pedigree, italic hand, title and text within ink borders, small tear with loss to lower margins affecting title and first 7ff., gilt patterned pastedowns, original green velvet, rubbed, repaired, two metal clasps, rebacked, Phillipps MS 21263, folio, Madrid, 19th February 1719.
⁂ "It speaks of the famous Alonso de Alvarado and of his services in Peru, and how he defeated "el tirano Francisco Hernandez Giron", also of other members of the family in Chile, and Cuzco, and of Don Pedro Alvarado, "Conquistador de Guatemala... ." - Phillipps catalogue.
Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps, MS 21263, sale, Sotheby's, 24 June 1919, lot 26.
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