145 - GOUGES, Olympe de - Contains: Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizens, 1791 (see no. 8). A fabricated collection of fifteen miscellaneous works by Olympe de Gouges put up for sale sometime in 1793 before November 4, the date on which she was guillotined. Beginning in 1788, she had compiled collections of her works in two or three volumes. This one contains only editions published in 1791, 1792, and 1793: 1. *Works of the Citizen de Gouges*, in two volumes, comprising a collection of her dramatic and political works, available at Le Jay and at bookstores specializing in new releases. (Paris, c. 1791). 8vo, 16 pp., fawn half-calf with corners, ribbed spine decorated with gold thread (English binding).

GOUGES, Olympe de - Contains: Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizens, 1791 (see no. 8). A fabricated collection of fifteen miscellaneous works by Olympe de Gouges put up for sale sometime in 1793 before November 4, the date on which she was guillotined. Beginning in 1788, she had compiled collections of her works in two or three volumes. This one contains only editions published in 1791, 1792, and 1793: 1. *Works of the Citizen de Gouges*, in two volumes, comprising a collection of her dramatic and political works, available at Le Jay and at bookstores specializing in new releases. (Paris, c. 1791). 8vo, 16 pp., fawn half-calf with corners, ribbed spine decorated with gold thread (English binding). -- 1. TOURNEUX IV, 22940. “This is not a prospectus, as the title might suggest, but a political pamphlet.” Although this text is signed by Olympe de Gouges, it is not included in Blanc and MW.(Continued in the following:) -- 2. Correspondence from the Court. A moral account and final word to my dear friends. To the National Convention and the people. Regarding an accusation made against her civic virtue at the Jacobins by Monsieur Bourbon. (Nov. 1792), 24 pp., erasure on the last page. BLANC 87. Addressed to the Convention in December 1792. -- 3. Address to the Don Quixote of the North. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1792. 16 pp. BLANC 73. An appeal to Frederick of Prussia to withdraw from French territories on the eve of the trial of Louis XVI. -- 4. Response to Maximilien Robespierre’s defense, addressed to Jérôme Pétion (...). Undated (1792). 16 pp. BLANC 129. A fierce attack on Robespierre. -- 5. Great Eclipse of the Jacobin Sun and the Feuillant Moon, for the end of April or sometime in May; by Liberty, in the fourth year of its name, dedicated to the Earth. (April 1792). 16 pp. BLANC 104. Attack on the Jacobins and the Feuillants. -- 6. French Common Sense, or the Defense of the True Nobles, dedicated to the Jacobins. (April 1792). 56 pp. BLANC 82. -- 7. The French Spirit, or a Problem to Be Solved Concerning the Labyrinth of Various Conspiracies. In Paris, published by the Widow Duchesne, the Widow Bailly, and at newsstands, March 1792. VIII, 32 pp. BLANC 99. Addressed to the Legislative Assembly on March 22, 1792. She hails the Revolution, destined to become universal. -- 8. The Rights of Women. To the Queen. (1791), 24 pp. MW 15277. BLANC 9. Olympe de Gouges proposes to give legal form to the equality of men and women in seventeen articles, modeled on the Declaration of the Rights of Man adopted two years earlier. This was the first time a demand for legal recognition had been put forward, affirming the ideas of emancipation in this area. The title chosen for this manifesto was the phrase appearing as the heading of the seventeen articles: “Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizens.” -- 9. Address to the King. Address to the Queen. Address to the Prince of Condé. Observations to Mr. Duveyrier on the famous embassy. (August 1791) 24 pp. BLANC 75. Olympe’s reservations regarding a war made imminent by the attitude of Marie Antoinette and the Prince of Condé. -- 10. The Ghosts of Public Opinion. (October 1792), 8 pp. BLANC 100. A virulent attack on Marat.-- 11. Letters to the Queen, to the generals of the army, and to French female citizens. Description of the June 3 Celebration. Paris, Printed by the Typographical Society, (May 1792), 16 pp. BLANC 107. -- 12. Urgent Appeal to the Convention, by a True Republican. (March 20, 1793), 16 pp. BLANC 80. -- 13. The Enslavement of Blacks, or The Happy Shipwreck, a drama in three acts, in prose. Performed at the Comédie Française in December 1789. In Paris, published by the Widow Duchesne, the Widow Bailly, and the Marchands de Nouveautés, March 1792. (2) ff., 90 pp., (1) f. BLANC 71. Reprint of *Zamore and Mirza*, originally published in 1788. This anti-slavery play caused Olympe de Gouges no end of trouble. The play was withdrawn from the Comédie Française following pressure from colonists. -- 14. *Le Couvent, ou les voeux forcés* (The Convent, or Forced Vows), a drama in three acts. Performed in two acts and restored to three acts at the Théâtre Français, Comique & Lyrique, in October 1790. Paris, published by the Widow Duchesne, the Widow Bailly, and the Marchands de Nouveautés, March 1792. (2) ff., XI, 83 pp. BLANC 35. -- 15. Dumourier’s Entry into Brussels, or The Provosts. A play performed at the Théâtre de la République on Rue Richelieu. In Paris, published by Regnaud and Le Jay, 1793. 148 pp. BLANC 39. A dithyrambic play about the Revolution following the victory at Valmy, in which French soldiers are hailed as liberators by the Belgians. Bookplate of British Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane (1758–1832).