[CARTA EXECUTORIA] Patent of Nobility granting the title of Duke to Don Claudio Habrahan de Tubieres, de Grimoard, de Pestel, y de Levy, (already the) Marques of Caylus, Knight of the Ynsigne Orden del Tuson, and Capitan General de Misexercitos. Aranjuez, 6 April 1742. SPANISH MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. 8 leaves (last blank), written in black, red and gold in a roman script on 20 lines per page. FULL ILLUMINATED BORDERS WITH A FLORAL MOTIF, 3 FULL-PAGE MINIATURES, the first depicting St. Francis kneeling before the Virgin and Child, with Sts. Claudio and Genovesa below, each set in a decorative frame surrounded by grotesque and floral decoration, the second with the arms of the newly-made Duke, the third depicting "Nuestra Senora de los Desaparados de Valencia", with the Virgin and Child, the dove of the Holy Spirit above, and various putti below. Signed in brown ink at end "Yo el Rey," by PHILIP V, KING OF SPAIN and others. 4to, 302 x 207 mm. (11.7/8 x 8.1/8 in.), contemporary dark green velvet binding, upper and lower cover with (possibly) silver corner bosses, central medallions and pair of clasps, minor wear; gilt endpapers, several leaves detached or nearly detached, minor wear; slipcase.