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A short history of Utrecht written during the negotiations for the Treaty of Utrecht in 1712-13, richly embellished with ca. 315 coloured coat-of-arms

[FRESCHOT, Casimir].
Histoire abregée de la ville, et province d'Utrecht. Avec une connoissance ébauchée de la noblesse de cette province, & une liste de touts les grands schouts, ou chefs de justice connus autrefois sous le nom de vicontes ou burgraves d'Utrecht.


With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by A. Schut, <B>extra added</B>: 2 manuscript coloured armorial  frontispieces with the coats-of-arms of the bishop of Utrecht, and the five chapter churches (1) and the coat-of-arms of the province of Utrecht and the five main cities in the province (2); 41 manuscript and coloured coat-of arms on 35 leaves of 41 bishops of Utrecht in the first part on the history of the bishops of Utrecht, and 37 lvs. with 237 manuscript coloured coats-of-arms of the Utrecht castles, manor houses and nobility (and 4 lvs. with 33 coat-of-arms (6 not executed) in the supplement in manuscript).

With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by A. Schut, <B>extra added</B>: 2 manuscript coloured armorial  frontispieces with the coats-of-arms of the bishop of Utrecht, and the five chapter churches (1) and the coat-of-arms of the province of Utrecht and the five main cities in the province (2); 41 manuscript and coloured coat-of arms on 35 leaves of 41 bishops of Utrecht in the first part on the history of the bishops of Utrecht, and 37 lvs. with 237 manuscript coloured coats-of-arms of the Utrecht castles, manor houses and nobility (and 4 lvs. with 33 coat-of-arms (6 not executed) in the supplement in manuscript).

With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by A. Schut, <B>extra added</B>: 2 manuscript coloured armorial  frontispieces with the coats-of-arms of the bishop of Utrecht, and the five chapter churches (1) and the coat-of-arms of the province of Utrecht and the five main cities in the province (2); 41 manuscript and coloured coat-of arms on 35 leaves of 41 bishops of Utrecht in the first part on the history of the bishops of Utrecht, and 37 lvs. with 237 manuscript coloured coats-of-arms of the Utrecht castles, manor houses and nobility (and 4 lvs. with 33 coat-of-arms (6 not executed) in the supplement in manuscript).

With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by A. Schut, <B>extra added</B>: 2 manuscript coloured armorial  frontispieces with the coats-of-arms of the bishop of Utrecht, and the five chapter churches (1) and the coat-of-arms of the province of Utrecht and the five main cities in the province (2); 41 manuscript and coloured coat-of arms on 35 leaves of 41 bishops of Utrecht in the first part on the history of the bishops of Utrecht, and 37 lvs. with 237 manuscript coloured coats-of-arms of the Utrecht castles, manor houses and nobility (and 4 lvs. with 33 coat-of-arms (6 not executed) in the supplement in manuscript).

With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by A. Schut, <B>extra added</B>: 2 manuscript coloured armorial  frontispieces with the coats-of-arms of the bishop of Utrecht, and the five chapter churches (1) and the coat-of-arms of the province of Utrecht and the five main cities in the province (2); 41 manuscript and coloured coat-of arms on 35 leaves of 41 bishops of Utrecht in the first part on the history of the bishops of Utrecht, and 37 lvs. with 237 manuscript coloured coats-of-arms of the Utrecht castles, manor houses and nobility (and 4 lvs. with 33 coat-of-arms (6 not executed) in the supplement in manuscript).



Utrecht, Guillaume Meester, 1713. 8vo. Contemporary blindstamped vellum. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by A. Schut, extra added: 2 manuscript coloured armorial  frontispieces with the coats-of-arms of the bishop of Utrecht, and the five chapter churches (1) and the coat-of-arms of the province of Utrecht and the five main cities in the province (2); 41 manuscript and coloured coat-of arms on 35 leaves of 41 bishops of Utrecht in the first part on the history of the bishops of Utrecht, and 37 lvs. with 237 manuscript coloured coats-of-arms of the Utrecht castles, manor houses and nobility (and 4 lvs. with 33 coat-of-arms (6 not executed) in the supplement in manuscript). (16), 264, 64 pp. (pp. 65-71 with the list of 'Baillifs', not present in this copy).

Short history of Utrecht written at the occasion and during of the Peace Congress held at Utrecht in 1712-13, most probably by Casimir Freschot (1640-1720), a Benedict priest of the Congregation of Saint-Vanne. He was a supporter of the Habsburg monarchy and strongly anti-Jesuit and anti-protestant. In the '80s of the seventeenth century he resided in Italy for many years, then travelled through Europe and wrote various books on history and diplomacy, among others: a Histoire du Congrès at de la Paix d'Utrecht (Utrecht, Poolsum, 1716), and the Histoire amoureuse & badine du Congrès & et de la ville d'Utrecht (Liege 1714). The Treaty of Utrecht established the Peace of Utrecht, comprising a series of individual peace treaties signed in March and April 1713. The Treaty was concluded between various European states; it helped end the War of the Spanish Succession. The treaties were concluded between the representatives of Louis XIV  of France and Philip V of Spain on the one hand, and representatives of Queen Anne of Great Britain, the Duke of Savoy, and the United Provinces on the other.
In fact the work, dedicated to Juan Gomes de silva, comte de Tarouca, by Freschot, contains a short history of the bishops of Utrecht from Willibrord (694; p. 3) till Frederick van Tautenberg (1580; p. 238). The pp. 238-264 describe shortly the city and history of Utrecht till the beginning of the negotiations in 1712, including a list of the negotiators present in Utrecht in 1712-13 (pp. 256-9).
The added account on the nobility of Utrecht, preceded by a separate half-title 'Connaissance ebauchée de la noblesse de la ville et province d'Utrecht' (pp. 1-64), is possibly written by the duke of Saint Simon; others ascribe it to Daniël de Milan Visconti (b. 1652), a (protestant) canon and magistrate at Utrecht and baron of the Holy Roman Empire. The account first lists the castles and manor houses in alphabetical order, followed by short annotations on the noble families, also in alphabetical order.

This copy is richly embellished with 41 coat-of-arms of bishops, drawn and coloured on 35 leaves, and more than 240 coat-of-arms, drawn and coloured on 37 added leaves, depicting the coat-of-arms of the castles and manor houses in the province of Utrecht (66 coat-of-arms on 18 leaves) and the coat-of-arms of the Utrecht nobility described in the printed text (171 coats-of arms on 19 leaves). On top of this there is a manuscript supplement added of 4 leaves with additional 33 coat-of-arms of Utrecht noble families not mentioned in the printed text.
All  manuscript coat-of-arms, with one, three, four, and nine to one leaf, are very carefully drawn and coloured by hand with the names written in brown ink underneath. Mr. H.W. Bosscha identified the draughtsman of the manuscript coat-of-arms as Pieter van Velsen (1705-1757), a collector of genealogical and historical books living at Haarlem.

Fine copy, with armorial bookplate of Coenen pasted on inside front cover.
Bodel Nijenhuis 2365; De Navorscher 1855, p. 133, and 1861, p. 298.

Related Subjects: Heraldry  History  Netherlands  Nobility  Topography  Utrecht 

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