Procès-verbal de la Confédération des Français à Paris le quatorze juillet mil sept-cent-quatre-vingt-dix. Paris: J.-R. Lottin, 1790 (colophon dated 1791).
Procès-verbal de la Confédération des Français à Paris le quatorze juillet mil sept-cent-quatre-vingt-dix. Paris: J.-R. Lottin, 1790 (colophon dated 1791).
Important French Revolutionary document, in its original tricolour wrappers, recording the minutes, decrees, various speeches and proclamations of Louis XVI, following the decision to celebrate the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. It also lists all the National Guardsmen that participated in the celebratory anniversary military procession, including the recipient of this presentation copy, M. Le Groux, of the District of Dijon, Départment de la Côte-d'Or. Although the Bastille was physically demolished only a few months after its attack, the events of 14 July 1789 became a potent symbol of revolution. Swiftly, the feudal system and tithes were abolished, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, largely drafted by Lafayette, was adopted on 27 August 1789. By the summer of 1790, France was experiencing relative calm and, for its symbolic value, 14 July seemed like a good day to celebrate the new constitutional monarchy. In the preceding months there had been spontaneous festivals celebrating the 'federation' around the country, and now Paris started planning for the fête de la fédération to take place on the Champ de Mars. Lafayette led a military procession from the Bastille to the chosen spot, where some 300,000 spectators braved the rain. Lafayette, the national guard and the national assembly swore fealty to the nation, the law and the King, and to 'remain united with all Frenchmen by the indissoluble bonds of brotherhood.' In turn, King Louis XVI swore to uphold the as-yet-unfinished constitution. Representatives from all of France’s 83 departments marched in the procession; the present lot lists the National Guards elected to the Federation, with the name Le Groux listed among the 63 from the Départment de la Côte-d'Or, District de Dijon, on p.47. The national unity demonstrated on that day failed to last; just over a year later, on 17 July 1791, the national guards opened fire at protesters at the very same spot where the 1790 celebration had been held, killing 50.
Quarto (262 x 209mm). 96 pp. (marginal staining and browning to gathering K and extending more lightly to end, scattered spotting and browning throughout). Contemporary stitched tricolour-striped wrappers, manuscript paper label to upper cover, uncut, several gatherings unopened (extremities rubbed with spine splitting and slightly defective at foot). Provenance: ink presentation inscription to Monsieur Le Groux on label on upper cover.
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Procès-verbal de la Confédération des Français à Paris le quatorze juillet mil sept-cent-quatre-vingt-dix. Paris: J.-R. Lottin, 1790 (colophon dated 1791).
Important French Revolutionary document, in its original tricolour wrappers, recording the minutes, decrees, various speeches and proclamations of Louis XVI, following the decision to celebrate the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. It also lists all the National Guardsmen that participated in the celebratory anniversary military procession, including the recipient of this presentation copy, M. Le Groux, of the District of Dijon, Départment de la Côte-d'Or. Although the Bastille was physically demolished only a few months after its attack, the events of 14 July 1789 became a potent symbol of revolution. Swiftly, the feudal system and tithes were abolished, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, largely drafted by Lafayette, was adopted on 27 August 1789. By the summer of 1790, France was experiencing relative calm and, for its symbolic value, 14 July seemed like a good day to celebrate the new constitutional monarchy. In the preceding months there had been spontaneous festivals celebrating the 'federation' around the country, and now Paris started planning for the fête de la fédération to take place on the Champ de Mars. Lafayette led a military procession from the Bastille to the chosen spot, where some 300,000 spectators braved the rain. Lafayette, the national guard and the national assembly swore fealty to the nation, the law and the King, and to 'remain united with all Frenchmen by the indissoluble bonds of brotherhood.' In turn, King Louis XVI swore to uphold the as-yet-unfinished constitution. Representatives from all of France’s 83 departments marched in the procession; the present lot lists the National Guards elected to the Federation, with the name Le Groux listed among the 63 from the Départment de la Côte-d'Or, District de Dijon, on p.47. The national unity demonstrated on that day failed to last; just over a year later, on 17 July 1791, the national guards opened fire at protesters at the very same spot where the 1790 celebration had been held, killing 50.
Quarto (262 x 209mm). 96 pp. (marginal staining and browning to gathering K and extending more lightly to end, scattered spotting and browning throughout). Contemporary stitched tricolour-striped wrappers, manuscript paper label to upper cover, uncut, several gatherings unopened (extremities rubbed with spine splitting and slightly defective at foot). Provenance: ink presentation inscription to Monsieur Le Groux on label on upper cover.
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