CONSTITUTION The French Constitution, enacted by the National Constituent Assembly...
CONSTITUTION
The French Constitution, enacted by the National Constituent Assembly in 1789, 1790, and 1791, and accepted by the King on September 14, 1791. Paris, Didot Jeune Press, at Garnery’s, 1791.
In-32 (94 x 59 mm), red morocco leather, smooth spine decorated with gilded revolutionary motifs (an arm holding a sword topped with a
Phrygian cap), title label missing, gilded roulette framing the covers, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Damaged and restored endpapers and half-title page; pages 17 through 48 are missing; the booklet is cut in places, but otherwise a rare copy in a contemporary revolutionary morocco binding.
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CONSTITUTION
The French Constitution, enacted by the National Constituent Assembly in 1789, 1790, and 1791, and accepted by the King on September 14, 1791. Paris, Didot Jeune Press, at Garnery’s, 1791.
In-32 (94 x 59 mm), red morocco leather, smooth spine decorated with gilded revolutionary motifs (an arm holding a sword topped with a
Phrygian cap), title label missing, gilded roulette framing the covers, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Damaged and restored endpapers and half-title page; pages 17 through 48 are missing; the booklet is cut in places, but otherwise a rare copy in a contemporary revolutionary morocco binding.
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