Lot 188
Maximilian of Mexico (1832-1867) Austrian Archduke, Viceroy of Lombardy, Emperor of Mexico.
Document Signed ("Maximilian"). As Emperor of Mexico. One page, folio, n.p., 1864. Being confirmation and extension of an appointment of Don Jose M. Cortes y Esparza. Appropriate stamps and seals in place and intact, including paper seal (missing only one leaf), interior pages have been notated and stamped by appropriate officials. One horizontal and three vertical folds with some edge separation; minor toning to edges; slightly perforated edge around Maximilian's embossed seal. Very good condition.
Within his short reign, Maximilian had much to contend with and the document offered here is an illustration of speed of his fall: signed shortly after his arrival in Mexico, this extension of Don Jose's appointment (approving it into 1867) made it valid past the date of Maximilian's own execution.
Estimated Value $700 - 800.
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