Bidspirit auction | 1865 Utrecht Handwritten Notarial Sales

1865 Utrecht Handwritten Notarial Sales Contract for Real Estate - This is a formal, multi-page handwritten notarial document from Utrecht, Netherlands, dated June 1, 1865. Titled Afschrift Koopcontract, the manuscript records the sale of real estate described as a garden with a dome or dwelling situated between the Maliebaan and the Oudwijkerveldsteeg. The seller is identified as Bernardus de Puis, an organ builder residing in Utrecht. The buyers are listed as Mr. August Adriaan Henry Besier and Miss Catharina Maria Henriette van Ewijk. The contract specifies a purchase price of sixteen hundred guilders and was executed before notary Egbertus van Lydveld. The document is written in dark iron gall ink on heavy-weight paper. The upper left corner of the first interior page features an embossed Dutch revenue stamp depicting the Dutch Royal Coat of Arms flanked by 50 C. The final page bears a red wax notary seal showing a heraldic crest affixed over a cord. Height (folded): 14.5 inches Width (unfolded): 18.5 inches.