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974 - MIRABEAU (Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Count of). Letters from t…
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MIRABEAU (Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Count of). Letters from the Count of Mirabeau to his constituents. Paris, 1789. 19 instalments, in-8. Reply to the letter from the Count of Mirabeau to his constituents. No place, 1789. In-8, 16 pp. Set: 1 vol. in-8, modern half-calf. Decree of the King’s Council of State, ordering the enforcement of the Book Trade Regulations, and prohibiting all printers, booksellers or others from printing, publishing and distributing any prospectus, newspaper or other periodical, without His Majesty’s permission. 6 May 1789. Paris, from the Royal Printing Office, 1789. In-4, 3 pp. Decree of the King’s Council of State, which withdraws issue No. 1 of a periodical entitled *Etats-Généraux*; and which prohibits the publication of subsequent issues. 7 May 1789. Paris, from the Royal Printing Office, 1789. In-4, 3 pp. Prospectus. États-Généraux. No place or date (Paris, April 1789). In-4, 2 pp. The prospectus is addressed (handwritten inscription on the reverse) to Joseph de Froment, Baron de Castille, an officer in the French Guards, rue St Dominique; born in Uzès, Froment (1747–1826), appointed Lieutenant of the King in Languedoc for the diocese of Uzès and Bas-Vivarais, enjoyed a long and loyal friendship with Louise de Stolberg, Countess of Albany. Issues in small quarto format with continuous pagination (No. I, 4 pp.; No. II, pp. 5–8). First edition, No. I, from Versailles on 2 May and, in the margin on p. 3, from Versailles on 4 May, published on 5 May; No. II, from Versailles on 5 May, published on 7 May. Bulletin. États-Généraux. No place or date (Paris, 15 May 1789) 1 instalment, quarto, 5 pp.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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