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  • Rare Elaborately Illuminated nobility diploma signed by King Charles II Of Spain

    KING CHARLES II OF SPAIN. [DON CARLOS],.

    King Charles II Of Spain Autograph Signed Manuscript.

    Madrid: May 28, 1699.

    Rare elaborately illuminated nobility diploma signed by King Charles II of Spain, appointing Don Martin Damian Mendizabal the title of Marquis of Torre Gines. Quarto, bound in full red contemporary velvet covered boards with two metal clasps, containing five illuminated leaves, two fully illuminated in color with the Royal coat of arms and portrait of King Charles II, text in Spanish. Signed by King Charles II,  "Yo el Rey" and additionally signed by several Royal secretaries. Bound with a printed manuscript of the Oath of Fidelity to the King of Spain with Royal stamps dated 1701 and with two autograph…

    Price: $12,500.00     Item Number: 107920

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  • "I HAVE FOUND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CARRY THE HEAVY BURDEN": A KING'S STORY, Inscribed by THE DUKE OF WINDSOR to Ambassador Henry Taylor

    WINDSOR, Duke of [King Edward].

    A King’s Story.

    New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1951.

    First edition of King Edward's classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the his official letterhead pasted to the half-title page, "To Henry N. Taylor with best wishes and congratulations on winning the Sullivan Award of the University of Virginia Edward May 1951." The recipient, Henry Junior Taylor was an economist, author, radio broadcaster and former United States Ambassador to Switzerland He served as a foreign correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain in the early years of World War II. After the war, Taylor hosted the General Motors-sponsored radio program Your…

    Price: $1,500.00     Item Number: 144116

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