Manuscript genealogy and armorial of the Vermoelen family, Antwerp.

Folio (48 x 29,5 cm): [4]-14-[10 bl.]-23 pp., on paper, in French, pen and brown ink, coats of arms enhanced with watercolour (sl. browning, marg. soiling, occ. marg. tears repaired without loss).

Contemp. half sheep cased binding, parchment boards covered with marbled paper (used, rubbed, partly disbound).

Descending genealogy of Adrien Vermoelen (†1462), preceded by the "Copie autentique d'attestation d'armoiries ici jointes" (act dated Brussels, 13 Oct. 1716) with full-page large coat of arms, and numerous coats of arms all throughout. In 1749, the Empress Maria Theresa granted hereditary nobility to Philippe Emmanuel Vermoelen, Lord of Theewinkel, Grand Chaplain of Antwerp. In 1767 she granted hereditary nobility of the Holy Roman Empire to Jean François Vermoelen and in 1768 the same recognition within the Southern Netherlands. Enriched with 4 19th-c. obituary (1 marriage) notices in attachment, and num. loose doc.: 1. Unachieved ms. suppl. 20th c. Same format: 8 pp. on wove paper (black pencil) + 14 pp. on paper Canson & Montgolfier, watercoloured coats of arms, no text. - 2. Engraving from "Le grand théâtre sacré du duché de Brabant": recumbent statue of Erardo de Cotereau and Maria de Renesse, with Vermoelen's coat of arms. [1734?]. Folio (browning, marg. folds). - 3. Ms. 20th-c. copy of Maria Theresia's letters patent of nobility for Jean François Vermoelen. Folio: [3] pp., full-page watercoloured coat of arms (unachieved). - 4. Passport for "Don Juan Jorge Vermoelen", United Kingdom of the Netherlands consul in Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, 23 Nov. 1830. Folio, print with ms. entries, stamp. - 5. 8 wax armorial seals (3 in double copy) on the back of a 19th-c. obituary notice (some sl. cracked but complete): arms of Baron de Schilde; Ullens Lord of Halle, Pull et Gelmelen; Halle, Voorschoten and Massenhoven; Broechem. - 6-11. 6 ms. geneal. and bibliogr. notes with some heraldic sketches. 19th-20th c. - 12. Ms. table "Fondatie, Zegerus van Houtsum, Antwerpen. 2 familie beursen [...]". 19th-c. 43 x 34,5 cm (folds, tear without loss).
Ref. Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique 1898, II:2407.