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70 - [French Revolution] [Estates-General] A composite collection of 98 documents relating to the Estates-General and the early days of the French Revolution. 1789–1790. 3 in-8 volumes titled “Affaires du Temps,” in period calfskin, with decorated raised bands on the spine. Some wear to the leather.

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[French Revolution] [Estates-General] A composite collection of 98 documents relating to the Estates-General and the early days of the French Revolution. 1789–1790. 3 in-8 volumes titled “Affaires du Temps,” in period calfskin, with decorated raised bands on the spine. Some wear to the leather. An exceptional collection of 98 pamphlets, proclamations, speeches, addresses, minutes, and contemporary documents compiled at the time, constituting a veritable documentary chronicle of the Estates-General and the first months of the French Revolution. First volume: 1/ Decree by His Excellency the Bishop and Count of Tréguier ordering public prayers for the restoration of order and peace in the interior. Paris, Goujon, n.d. 16 pp. 2/ Summary of the Life or General Confession of the Count of Mirabeau (...). Marrakesh, Imperial Printing Office, 1789. 64 pp. 3/ Letter to the Electors from the Count of Mirabeau. 79 pp. 4/ Address to the Provinces, or An Examination of the Proceedings of the National Assembly. No place, 1789. 31 pp. 5/ Complaints of the Provinces Against the Actions of Their Deputies. In the Provinces, 1790. 72 pp. 6/ The Abuse of Words. No place, no date. 14 pp. 7/ Open Your Eyes, Then. No place, no date. 78 pp. 8/ To Mr. Thouret, Deputy to the Estates-General and President of the Assembly. Address. Neuchâtel, 1789. 24 pp. 9/ Fewer Words and More Action; An Address to the National Assembly, Without Flattery. 1789. 58 pp. 10/ The Torch of the People. 14 pp. 11/ Jam Satis. 29 pp. 12/ The Taking of the Annonciades. No place, no date. 20 pp. 13/ Response from the Author of The Taking of the Annonciades. No place, no date. 8 pp. 14/ Prospectus for a New Newspaper by the Authors of *The Taking of the Annonciades*. 1789. 24 pp. 15/ *Metempsychosis*. 4 handwritten folios. Undated. 16/ *Tuesday’s Lunch* or *The Truth on the Cheap*. No place, no date. 7 pp. 17/ Wednesday’s Lunch, or The Truth on the Cheap. No place, no date. 8 pp. 18/ Thursday’s Lunch, or The Truth on the Cheap. No place, no date. 7 pp. 19/ Friday Lunch, or The Truth on the Cheap. No place, no date. 8 pp. 20/ Saturday Lunch, or The Truth on the Cheap. No place, no date. 7 pp. 21/ Sunday Lunch, or The Cheap Truth. No place, no date. 7 pp. 22/ Monday Lunch, or The Cheap Truth. No place, no date. 7 pp. 23/ The Day of the Fools. A tragic-political-comic play. No place, 1790. 86 pp. Volume Two: 1/ Letter to the King. Paris, April 16, 1789. 13 pp. 2/ To the King and the Fatherland. 1789. 16 pp. 3/ BOISSY (Clément de). Louis XVI the Benefactor. No place, no date. 8 pp. 4/ BOISSY (Clément de). Louis XVI the Benefactor, Part Two. No place, no date. 9 pp. 5/ BOISSY (Clément de). Louis XVI the Benefactor, Part Three. No place, no date. 9 pp. 6/ Patriotic Reflections by a Magistrate on the Conduct of the Estates-General. No place, no date. 56 pp. 7/ To the Estates-General. A New Proposal on How to Conduct the Grain Trade Usefully in France (...). No place, no date. 5 pp. 8/ CORMERÉ (Baron de). Observations to the Electors of the City and Viscounty of Paris (...). No place, no date. 17 pp. 9/ Reflections Presented to the Estates-General (...). No place, no date. 14 pp. 10/ Proposal by a Citizen regarding the regulations of March 28 of this year (...). No place, no date. 7 pp. 11/ Observations on the regulations for the city of Paris. 1789. 8 pp. 12/ Observations on the regulations governing the convening of the Paris assembly, presented to Parliament. No place, no date. 21 pp. 13/ Observations on the drawbacks of the voting system proposed by the Regulations (...). No place, no date. 7 pp. 14/ In the Name of the Fatherland: Sir, please read this before forming an opinion. Paris, April 20, 1789. 16 pp. 15/ LAMERVILLE (Count of). Speech delivered to the Assembly of the Nobility of the Viscounty of Paris. 1789. 32 pp. 16/ SANOIS (Count of). Address to the Assembly of the Nobility. Paris, April 30, 1789. 16 pp. 17/ Memorandum of the Nobility (...). No place, no date. 16 pp. 18/ Memorandum and Instructions from the Gentlemen of the Nobility of the First Department sitting at the Châtelet. Paris, Desaint, n.d. 14 pp. 19/ Excerpt from the Minutes of the Assembly of the Nobility of Paris. Paris, Delaguette, undated. 20/ Protests and Deliberations of the Clergy and Nobility of Brittany on April 17 and 18, 1789. 18 pp. 21/ Account of what took place at the Assembly of Electors of the City of Paris on June 25, 1789. 13 pp. 22/ On the National Session of June 25; and Letter to the Count of Artois. IV, 12 pp. 23/ News from Versailles. From the evening of Thursday, June 25, 1789. 16 pp. 24/ Letter and Reflections of a Citizen Written in Versailles on June 27, 1789. 14 pp. 25/ Further news from Versailles, June 30, 1789. 7 pp. 26/ To the noble citizens of the city of Paris. No place, no date. 8 pp. 27/ MOUNIER. Report of the committee charged with drafting the Constitution. No place, no date. 16 pp. 28/ Revolutions in Paris. July 1789. 31 pp. 29/ Collection of Decrees and Resolutions Issued by the Committees of the Paris City Hall. 1789. 80 pp. 30/ Deliberation of the citizens of the city of Grenoble on July 15, 1789. 8 pp. 31/ Excerpt from the Deliberations of the Assembly of the Three Estates of the city of Lyon. 8 pp. 32/ Revolutions of

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