[NOBLESSE - ALLEMAGNE]. - Lot 36

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[NOBLESSE - ALLEMAGNE]. - Lot 36
[NOBLESSE - ALLEMAGNE]. German manuscript containing letters of nobility by Hartmann Andreas von Faber, with illumination. 1746. In German. Folio (36 x 26 cm). Red velvet, golden cord on the back and ribbon ties: two are preserved (bright yellow) and two are largely missing (black ribbon). - 8 ff. or 16 pp. on vellum, including one full-page ENLUMINATION and 11 pages of text, with calligraphic ornaments, in brown ink Beautiful illumination representing the family coat of arms: devout pelican feeding its young in their nest, red background (gules). The arms are richly surrounded by red and gold acanthus leaves, crowned helmet with lion on a beautiful landscape background. Gilded frame with a chain of miniature coats of arms, surmounted by the arms of Lorraine (a bend Gules charged with three alérions Argent) and of the Medici (Or five torteaux Gules, surmounted by a sixth Azure three fleurs-de-lis Or) with crowned double-headed eagle. Expert: Emmanuel Lorient +(0)1 43 54 51 04
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