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[FRENCH REVOLUTION — CONSTITUTION OF 1791].
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116
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[FRENCH REVOLUTION — CONSTITUTION OF 1791].
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
[FRENCH REVOLUTION — CONSTITUTION OF 1791]. FRENCH CONSTITUTION, presented to the King by the National Assembly on 3 September 1791; accepted by His Majesty on the 14th of the same month. Paris, Prudhomme’s Printing House, 1791. In-16, marbled fawn calfskin, with a border of fine gilt fillets and a beaded gilt fillet on the covers; smooth, compartmentalised spine decorated with a gilt metal stamp depicting Phrygian caps accompanied by the motto ‘Libre ou mourire [sic] ’, black morocco title label, gilt edges (contemporary binding); (2) folios of half-title and title page, engraved frontispiece, 179 pp., (1) p. with border without text. Leather missing at the tail end of the spine, a tear with leather missing at the head end of the spine, leather restored on the second cover, 3 corners worn. EDITION PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR OF THE FIRST WRITTEN FRENCH CONSTITUTION, establishing the constitutional monarchy. Printed within an ornamental border on every page, it is illustrated with a FRONTISPICE depicting Louis XVI before the National Assembly on 14 September 1791, upon his acceptance of the Constitution. It also includes the King’s letter, his speech of acceptance, President Thouret’s reply and a table of contents. A CHARMING COPY in a revolutionary-era binding, decorated with Phrygian caps and the motto ‘Libre ou mourire’ (Free or die). ¶ Monglond, II, col. 89–90, for editions of the 1791 Constitution, though this edition addressed to ‘Prudhomme’ is not mentioned there.
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