LEOPOLD II of Belgium Letters patent granting... Lot 651

LEOPOLD II of Belgium Letters patent granting nobility to Claude François Louis Orban de Xivry. Laeken November 6, 1886 In-fo.: [6] pp. on wove leather, calligraphed in French with black ink, text framed by a double red and blue fillet, watercolored coat of arms, autographs of the King, the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Joseph de Riquet de Camaran, Prince of Chimay) and representatives of the Heraldic Council, with wet seals and seal under paper (some slight russeting, mostly very marginal). Contemporary red chagrin, double framed in gilt roll, fillet, rat's tooth and fleurons, gilt Belgian coat of arms in center of upper board, Leopold II's cipher on lower board, six silk ribbons in the national colors, smooth mute spine with visible tricolor binding cord, roul. on the edges, ivory moiré paper lining edged with gilt roul., large red wax seal in silver-plated metal case with two covers, one adorned with the figure "LL" crowned in gilt metal and edged with a border, the other with punch "XVI" on the inside. (some slight rubbing and minor wear to the leather, minor rubbing to the seal with small gaps at the edge of the right-hand side, lower cover very slightly forced, seal strings detached from the binding). In original black chagrin slipcase, gilt royal cipher in corners on upper cover, two brass clasps, four cabochons on lower cover, inside lined with burgundy velvet (rubbed). Very good condition. The beneficiary (1810-1889) is the author of the first branch of this family originating from the Duchy of Luxembourg after the addition of the name "de Xivry", authorized in 1875. Ref. De Ryckman de Betz 659.