Adelsbrief - - Baltasar de Anduaga y

Letter of Nobility - - Baltasar de Anduaga y Espinosa. "Despacho Confirmatorio y Juridico de Noblera y escudos de armas que por sus dos lineas paterna y materna legitimamente pertenece ab Sr. Don Baltasar de Anduaga, Espinosa Martinez y Rodriguez ...". Spanish handwriting on paper. With 1 foliate and 4 smaller coats of arms, 1 multiple folded pedigree, title border, 15 cartouches and numerous figural initials, all in watercolor with gouache, some heightened with gold and silver. Madrid, March 1849. 50 nn. Cardboard leaves, inscribed calligraphically on both sides in black pen and bordered by red brush borders. With seal of embossed and cut paper. 37 x 27 cm. Blue velvet binding of the period with rich romanesque gilt on spine and covers, old pink moiré silk endpapers and spandrels, and gilt edges (spine and joints neatly underlined). Spanish politician, jurist, writer and translator Baltasar Anduaga y Espinosa (1817-1861) was a three-time member of parliament and published legal, historical and literary works. - Issuers of the document who signed several times in the different sections were Antonio Rujula y Busel ("Cronista y Rey de armas de S. M."), Maurizio José de los Martires ("Procurador"), furthermore the court councillors José Maria Montemayor ("Magistrado honorario de la Audiencia Territorial de Granada), Candido Alejandro de Palacio (among others "Mayordomo de semana de S. M.")and Miguel Maria Sierra ("Escribano", Notary); at the end 3 authentication signatures. - Inside cover with coat of arms bookplate "Tornos".