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Important edition of the official Utrecht legal publications with extensive commentaries

MUELEN, Willem van der.
Costumen, usantien, policien, ende styl van procederen, der stadt, jurisdictie ende vryheid van Utrecht. Geapprobeert ende gedecreteert by die Keyserlijke Majesteit, als Erfheere der stad, steden en landen van Utrecht; in den jare onses Heeren J. Christi M.C.C.C.C.C.L. Met eenige aanmerkingen en aantekeningen op deselve door Willem Vandermuelen.

With engraved allegorical frontispiece, showing the Dom tower by J. Goeree, engraved vignette on title by T. Lansveld, title printed in red and black, and beautiful full-page engraved portrait of the author by P. van Gunst after F. Hoet, woodcut head-piece.

With engraved allegorical frontispiece, showing the Dom tower by J. Goeree, engraved vignette on title by T. Lansveld, title printed in red and black, and beautiful full-page engraved portrait of the author by P. van Gunst after F. Hoet, woodcut head-piece.

With engraved allegorical frontispiece, showing the Dom tower by J. Goeree, engraved vignette on title by T. Lansveld, title printed in red and black, and beautiful full-page engraved portrait of the author by P. van Gunst after F. Hoet, woodcut head-piece.



Utrecht, Willem Broedelet, 1709. Folio. Contemporary half roan, boards covered with marbled paper. With engraved allegorical frontispiece, showing the Dom tower by J. Goeree, engraved vignette on title by T. Lansveld, title printed in red and black, and beautiful full-page engraved portrait of the author by P. van Gunst after F. Hoet, woodcut head-piece. (16), 456, (6) pp.

First and only edition of this important edition of the state publications on public, social and above all legal administration and procedures, issued by the city of Utrecht and the province of Utrecht, together with the extensive commentary by Willem van der Muelen on the original text as promulgated in 1550. The text includes a description of the duties of the officials at court, the procedures, and the crimes and penalties.
Willem van der Muellen (1659-1739), Lord of Oudbroekhuysen, Niecop, Portengen, etc. was an important Utrecht magistrate, councillor of the Utrecht Court, and Dean of the Chapter of St. Marie. He was a well-known jurist who wrote several influential works, among which his Ordonnantie ende Instructie op de Stijl ende Maniere van Procederen, voor den Hove van Utrecht, zoo in civile als crimineele zaken (Utrecht 1706-7, 2 dln.) and the present work: "beide van belang" (both important, NNBW). An extensive Register on the last work was published by P.J. de Bye in 1804.

Good large-paper copy.- (Binding sl. rubbed; few quires sl. browned).
Muller, Catalogus Bibliotheek over Utrecht (1881), nr. 2027; NNBW 3, kol. 882; Wittert van Hoogland, Bijdr. gesch. d. Utr. ridderhofst. en heerlijkh. (1909), pp. 480-1; II (1912), pp. 281-6.

Related Subjects: Law  Topography  Utrecht 

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