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157113619101571 - 1947. <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">The Russell Collection contains over 300 books broadsides and pieces of ephemera produced between the waning decades of the ancien regime and the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. The collection was assembled in the early 1950s by William F. Russell 1890 – 1956 President of Columbia University’s Teacher’s College from 1949 to 1954. With material spanning the 16th to the early 20th century the majority of the collection was produced between 1775 and 1800. Highlights include early editions of the 1791 and 1793 French Constitutions letters written and signed by pioneering economist Anne Robert Jacques Turgot and official documents signed by Robespierre and other members of the Comite du Salut Public. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">The Collection is comprised of the following components: 1 The French Monarchy and the Ancien Regime; 2 Ideological Roots of Revolution; 3 The Transition to Republicanism and Collapse of the Monarchy; 4 The National Convention and the Committee for Public Safety; 5 Historical and Contemporary Context; and 6 Miscellanea Ephemera Manuscripts and Books.</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">Most of the printed material was published by one of the two major publishing houses in Limoges. This concentration of material from a single city offers perspective on the publication and distribution of political and governmental texts in a particular city or departement one which was especially impacted by the Crown’s frequently shifting tax and trade policies. It also provides important insight into the early work and career of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot who served as intendant of Limoges from 1761 – 1774. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">Limoges was home to several printing houses which at various times during the Monarchy and Revolution were designated as official printers of government documents for the region. Most notable among these were the Barbou and Dalesmes families. Both families had been established printers for centuries but the Barbou appear to have been too closely aligned with the ecclesiastical hierarchy – after 1791 all of the officially published material printed in Limoges was released by members of chez Dalesme. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">1 The French Monarchy and the Ancien Regime</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">A significant portion of the collection is made up of documents from the reign of Louis XVI issued by the crown members of the regime and the Parisian Parlement in the two decades leading up to the Revolution. These items ranging from royal decrees to trial testimonies illustrate governmental practice under the monarchy especially as it relates to trade policy and criminal justice. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">2 Ideological Roots of Revolution</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">The Russell Collection includes a number of books and tracts from writers crucial to the development of revolutionary thought and discourse in France during the 18th-century. First or early editions by Mirabeau Raynal Mounier Marat and Condorcet written before and during the upheavals of the early 1790s reveal the increasingly liberal and radical intellectual currents among France’s intelligentsia. First or early editions of works by Jacques Necker and Turgot also appear shedding light on abortive efforts at modernization during the various governments under Louis XVI.</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">3 The Transition to Republicanism and Dissolution of the Monarchy</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">The full span of the National Assembly from its foundations during the Brienne and Necker governments to its ceding of legislative authority to the National Convention is captured through official printed documents Royal and republican periodicals regionally-drafted complaints and instructions and published addresses. Also included are first or early editions of the French Constitutions of 1791 and 1793 as well as various edicts and documents issued by Louis XVI during l’Assemblee Nationale. The formal inauguration of the National Convention and the removal of all executive powers from the King is represented both by an Extrait of the relevant Assembly session and in an officially published broadside explaining “des motif d’apres lesquels l’Assemblee Nationale a proclame la convocation d’un Convention nationale et prononce la suspension su Pouvoir executive dans les mains du Roi.â€</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">4 The National Convention and the Committee for Public Safety;</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">A substantial component of the Russell Collection is comprised of material created by or related to the Convention Nationale and the Comite du Salut Public. Nearly 90 official decrees from the legislative body are present in addition to numerous printed addresses departmental complaints and two officially published broadsides related to the trial of Louis XVI. Other highlights include printed decrees and orders from the Committee for Public Safety a document issued by the Parisian Communards and an order signed by seven members of the Committee. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">5 Historical and Contemporary Context;</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">A subset of the Collection is made up of books and pamphlets responding to the events of the Revolution from contemporaneous accounts to late 19th-century histories. The works published during the 1790s and early 1800s whether biographies of revolutionaries or socio-political commentaries reveal the mix of horror regret enthusiasm and hope stirred up among emigres international observers and participants in the revolutionary melee. The texts printed after 1840 reflect the intensive documentary approach of the French historians in the latter half of the century. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">6 Miscellaneous Documents regional subject-specific etc.</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">Also included are a number of items ephemera and manuscripts that are either subject specific and tangentially related to the French Revolution i.e.; treatises on the French language moral philosophy deduced from botanical studies 17th century medicine or specific to Limoges and the Haute-Vienne. The latter includes several 16th and 17th century manuscripts from Limoges and Orleans. Several 20th century books inscribed to the collector W.F. Russell appear in the collection as well. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">All items are in good or better condition unless otherwise stated.</p> <br /> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">To view the full inventory please click HERE.</p> . 1361910. Special Collections. unknown
1785CLL-869In-8, demi-maroquin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs, tête dorée, non rogné (reliure vers 1860).
179383855Paris: Convention Nationale 1793. Fine. Convention Nationale Paris 5 Nivôse An II 25 Décembre 1793 12 x 19.50 cm broché First edition of this famous speech by Robespierre justifying the principle of revolutionary government and laying the foundations for the establishment of the Terror. Small black ink stains sometimes faded and some foxing. In autumn 1793 the threats weighing on the Republic had intensified both at the borders and in the heart of the country: Hébert the extremist ""enragé"" calling for a popular uprising the royalist threat still present the Indulgents demanding an end to the policy of Terror. On 5 Nivôse Year II December 25 1793 Robespierre went to the Committee of Public Safety to present the principles of revolutionary government. He warns from the very first words of his speech: recent victories Vendée defeats of December 12 and 23 recapture of Toulon on December 19 thanks to the notable action of Captain Bonaparte must not lull patriots into complacency. Counter-revolution remains very active within the country the Committee of Public Safety must confound the intrigues of the enemies of liberty and make revolutionary principles triumph. In his words: ""Le gouvernement révolutionnaire doit aux bons citoyens toute la protection nationale ; il ne doit aux ennemis du peuple que la mort."" ""Revolutionary government owes good citizens all national protection; it owes the enemies of the people nothing but death."" To carry out its action successfully the latter must find its way between two extremes: the moderatism preached by the ""indulgents"" and the excess aspired to by the ""enragés."" For Robespierre the dictatorship of the Committees like the Terror is justified because they alone will make it possible to end civil and foreign war. As long as the country is in conflict citizens will not be able to fully enjoy the Constitution. Counter-revolution must be annihilated. To this end Robespierre demands reform of the Revolutionary Tribunal. Reform that would find its culmination in the law of 22 Prairial Year II June 10 1794: suppression of defense hearing of witnesses when material evidence is lacking acquittal or death being the only possible verdicts. Thus the machinery of Terror is set in motion replacing with arbitrariness the principles and laws enacted by the Declaration of the Rights of Man and by the Constitution. cf Delphine DUBOIS and Régis LAPASIN on the site Nouvel éclairage sur l'histoire - L'histoire par l'image. Very rare copy of this founding speech of the policy of Terror which would ultimately lead its principal instigator Maximilien Robespierre to the scaffold. Convention Nationale unknown
179383855Convention Nationale | Paris 5 Nivôse An II (25 Décembre 1793) | 12 x 19.50 cm | broché
179118587Paris: De L'Imprimerie Nationale 1791. 8vo. Disbound. Some spotting at front and back. 23 pages. 8vo. Robespierre on freedom of the writer and the press and on slander: "la liberté de la presse ne peut être distinguée de la liberté de la parole; l'une & l'autre est sacrée comme la nature; elle est nécessaire comme la société même. Par quelle fatalité les lois se sont-elles donc presque partout appliqués à la violer C'est que le lois étoient l'ouvrage des despotes & que la liberté de la presse est le plus redoutable fléau du despotisme". M & W IV 29526-53 De L'Imprimerie Nationale unknown
39459In-8 (196 x 125 mm), broché sur couture, couverture papier moderne, 19 pages. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1790.
17953067Imprimerie nationale 1795 BOISSY D'ANGLAS ; Discours préliminaire au projet de Constitution pour la République française, prononcé par Boissy-d'Anglas, au nom de la commission des onze, Dans la séance du 5 messidor, an 3. Paris : Imprimerie Nationale, Messidor an III [1795]. _________Suivi de : - ROBESPIERRE (Maximilien). Rapport fait au nom du Comité de Salut public, Par Maximilien Robespierre, Sur les Rapports des idées religieuses & morales avec les principes républicains, & sur les fêtes nationales. Séance du 18 floréal, l'an second de la République française une & indivisible. Paris : Imprimerie Nationale, s.d.
1797130932Divers 1797 Fort in-12, demi-veau, dos à nerfs, pièces de titre et tomaison [20], pagination multiple. Coiffes usées, mors fendillés. Rousseurs éparses. Précieuse réunion de 15 rapports, discours et plaidoyers emblématiques : 1 - [Divorce] [Voltaire, Montaigne, Montesquieu, Charron, Hennet, Albert] Pétion à l'Assemblée Nationale par Montaigne, Charron, Montesquieu et Voltaire ; suivi d'une consultation en Pologne et en Suisse..P., Desenne, 1791. In 8 broché, couverture muette de l'époque, 67 pp. - 2- Robespierre, Maximilien de. Rapport fait à la Convention nationale, au nom du Comité de salut public, par le citoyen Robespierre,... sur la situation politique de la république, le 27 brumaire, l'an II.. Impr. nationale, s. d. 30 pp. - 3 - Robespierre, Maximilien de. Discours de Maximilien Robespierre, prononcé dans la séance du septidi, 7 prairéal ["sic"], an deuxième de la République. De l’imp. du citoyen Delaloy. 13 pp. Accroc angulaire aux 2 premiers ff., - 4 - Barère de Vieuzac, Bertrand Rapport fait au nom du Comité de salut public, par Barère, sur les évènemens de Paris, du 9 thermidor,'Imprimerie nationale 1794. 4 pp.- 5 - [Dupont de Nemours Pierre Samuel] Lysias. Plaidoyer de Lysias, contre les membres des anciens comités de salut public et de sûreté générale. P., Chez du Pont, an III [1794-1795] 34 pp.- 6 - La Harpe, Jean François de. De la guerre déclarée par nos derniers tyrans, à la raison, à la morale, aux lettres et aux arts Paris : Migneret, an 4-1796. 45 pp. - 7 - Raynal Guillaume-Thomas Des Assassinats et vols politiques ou Des Proscriptions et des confiscations. Londres, Paris, Debarle, 1795. 64 pp. Fortes brunissures. - 8 - Boissy d'Anglas François-Antoine Ier Rapport au nom des comités de salut public de sûreté générale et de législation réunis. Pau, De l'Imprimerie nationale, Germinal an III [1795] 20 pp. - 9 - Garran de Coulon, Jean-Philippe Rapport sur les biens communaux, fait au nom du comité de législation, Impr. nationale, vendémiaire an IV. 40 pp. - 10 - Portalis, Jean-Étienne-Marie Conseil des Anciens. Opinion de Portalis sur la résolution du 17 floréal dernier relative aux prêtres non assermentés Impr. nationale, an IV 86 pp. - 11 - [Conjuration de Babeuf ] Corps législatif. Conseil des Anciens. Extrait du procès-verbal des séances du Conseil des Anciens [Texte imprimé]. Du 29 floréal, an 4. Imprimerie nationale. Floréal, an 4 [avril-mai 1796] 34 pp. - 12 - A.-C. Thibaudeau, Conseil des Cinq-Cents. Rapport fait au nom de la commission chargée d'examiner les opérations des assemblées primaires de Marseille, Impr. nationale, thermidor an IV. 35 pp - 13 - Dumas, Mathieu. Conseil des Anciens. Rapport fait au nom de la commission chargée d'examiner la résolution du Conseil des Cinq-Cents relative aux opérations des assemblées primaires de Marseille, Impr. nationale, an IV. 28 pp. Rousseurs soutenues. - 14 - Tronson du Coudray. Conseil des Anciens. Rapport de Tronson-Ducoudray au sujet du message du Directoire concernant l'approche des troupes et les adresses de l'armée d'Italie, Impr. nationale, an V. 35 pp. - 15 - Thibaudeau, Antoine. Conseil des Cinq-Cents. Rapport de Thibaudeau, au nom d'une commission spéciale... chargée de faire un rapport sur le message du Directoire exécutif du 22 thermidor.
17930010134France. Very Good. 1793. Ephemera. On offer is offer is a superb copy of the order that purged the French Navy of its officer corps in the days of the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution. This document is the order given to suppress the Navy. An excerpt of the document follows: Qui supprime le Corps et la denomination de l'administration civile de le Marine Le corps et la denomination de l'administration civile de la marine ainsi que des differens grades qui y etoient precedemment etablis font ey demeurent supprimes. Translation: iWhich abolishes the Body and the designation of the civil administration of the Navy The body and the designation of the civil administration of the navy as well as the different ranks which were previously established there are and remain suppressed. . Les dispositions ci-dessus sont communes aux ingenieurs constucteurs. : ils cesseront egalement de saire corps. Ils auront le meme uniforme que les employes aux bureaux civile de la marine avec la seule difference que les paremens de l'habit seront en velours noir mais il ne seront sous les ordres d'aucun des employes. Translation: .The above provisions are common to the construction engineers: they will also cease to be a body. They will have the same uniform as the employees of the civil offices of the navy with the only difference that the clothing will be in black velvet but they will not be under the orders of any of the employees The document was inspected by a man named Blaux and also bears a printed signature of Robespierre. The order also bears the printed signatures of Dabarade and Gohier. Dalbarade was Jean Dalbarade the Minister of the Navy and Colonies Gohier was Louis-Jerome Gohier the Minister of Justice and of course Robespierre was Maximilian Robespierre who became the embodiment of the Reign of Terror which saw an orgy of public executions numbering between 15 and 20 thousand citizens. Information on the history that informed the document is as follows. The French navy has always been affectionately known as La Royale The Royal in part because of its close relationship with the monarchy. Under Louis XVI the French Navy was rebuilt into a powerful fighting force capable of fighting and defeating the British Royal Navy. The French Navy played a decisive role in the American Revolution defeating the Royal Navy in the Battle of Chesapeake Bay. However the French Revolution was to be a disaster for the French Navy. In 1793 sailors in the Brest Squadron mutinied in a series of mutinies that became known as the Quiberon Mutinies. This occurred at the height of the Reign of Terror. Regardless of the underlying causes this gave the hardline revolutionaries the justification needed to purge the officer corps of the Navy. The French Navys officer corp was comprised of many members of the old aristocracy and was viewed with deep suspicion. The purge resulted in dozens of ships captains being driven out of the navy along with some admirals. Many were imprisoned and some sent to the guillotine. The Naval Gunnery School was also disbanded with catastrophic consequences when they had to face the Royal Navy. Since 1745 the Royal Navy required all ships to run gunnery drills daily and in action a Royal Navy ship could fire a broadside every 90 seconds which was unmatched by any other navy. For a historian this is a superb document that speaks to the heart not only of the Reign of Terror but also to the debilitating purges of the French navy at a time when they were so needed. This 4-page printed manuscript measures 8.25 inches by 7.0 inches The document is 100% complete. The paper is in very good condition. There is some slight staining on the inside right page but it does not in any way interfere with the legibility of the contents. The document is signed and countersigned with printed signature and also bears a handwritten signature confirming it is a certified copy of the original legislation. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 4 pages; Signed by All Authors . unknown
ALDR0021Paris 1794. 12° XLVI Titelbl. 76 S. S. 3 -58.Marmorierter Pappband d. Zeit mit beschriftetem Rückenschildchen Schnitt rotgefärbt Einbandecken u. -kanten bestoßen Papierüberzug am Rücken schadhaft Seiten fleckig. Mit einigen alten Bleistiftanmerkungen und -anstreichungen. Vgl. Van de Velde: Catalogue des livres rares et precieux 43210742 - Druckschrift mit Berichten des vom Nationalkonvent während der Französischen Revolution eingerichteten Comite de salut public. Unter dem Einfluss Robespierres 1758-1794 entwickelte sich dieser Wohlfahrtsausschuss zur treibenden Kraft der jakobinischen Tyrannei. Paris 1794. unknown
192803Paris, Moreau-Rosier, 1830 2 vol. in-8, 427 pp. et 534 pp., fac-similé, bradel papier rouge (rel. moderne). Mouillure marginale à la fin du tome 1. Cachet.
204844Paris, Moreau-Rosier, 1830 2 vol. in-8, 427 pp. et 534 pp., portrait, demi-percaline lie de vin, dos orné (rel. moderne). Rousseurs, reliure du tome 1 défraîchie. Sans le fac-similé.
179418581Nismes: De l'Imprimerie Nationale de J. Gaude Imprimeur du Departement du Gard 1794. Reprinted by the Departement du Gard for distribution. 8vo. Stitched. 16 pp. Reprinted by the Departement du Gard for distribution. 8vo. His defence and explanation of the laws and actions of the revolution "La revoltion est la guerre de la liberte contre ses ennemis: la constitution est le régime de la liberté victorieuse & paisible". M & W IV 29526-45 variant De l'Imprimerie Nationale de J. Gaude, Imprimeur du Departement du Gard unknown
179418582Nismes: de l'Imprimerie Nationale de J. B. Guibert & Co. Imprimeurs du Departement du Gard 1794. Reprinted by the Departement du Gard for distribution. 8vo. Stitched. Some spotting and browning. 8 pages. Reprinted by the Departement du Gard for distribution. 8vo. Down with the King! Robespierre' strong speech of the 5th of December 1793 against the King and demanding that he be condemned for his crimes. M & W IV 29526-44 variant de l'Imprimerie Nationale de J. B. Guibert & Co., Imprimeurs du Departement du Gard unknown books
179418581Nismes: De l'Imprimerie Nationale de J. Gaude Imprimeur du Departement du Gard 1794. Reprinted by the Departement du Gard for distribution. 8vo. Stitched. 16 pp. Reprinted by the Departement du Gard for distribution. 8vo. His defence and explanation of the laws and actions of the revolution "La revoltion est la guerre de la liberte contre ses ennemis: la constitution est le régime de la liberté victorieuse & paisible". M & W IV 29526-45 variant De l'Imprimerie Nationale de J. Gaude, Imprimeur du Departement du Gard unknown books
1797193136-1Paris, Selbstverlag ( 1797). Kl.8°. 2 Bll., 126; 120; 99 S., 4 Bll. Mit 4 gest. Porträts (Robespierre, Couthon, Marat, Corday). Halbleinenband um 1850.
1930boz_001498Henri de Régnier. Révolution française, La terreur. Manuscrit autographe signé de 6 pages, Critique sur des ouvrages relatifs au 9 thermidor et à Robespierre, 1930 Manuscrit autographe signé d'Henri de Régnier de 6 pages, La vie littéraire, intéressante chronique littéraire, qui est une critique académicienne sur des ouvrages relatifs au 9 thermidor et à Robespierre, probablement écrit vers 1930, écrit à l'encre sur 6 feuillets de papier vélin. "Le Neuf Thermidor par Louis Barthou ... Mon ami Robespierre par Henri Béraud ... La France de l'Empire par Louis Madelin ... Napoléon intime par Arthur Lévy... On a dit souvent que l'histoire de la Révolution était "à faire", il y a du vrai certes dans cette assertion, mais il y faut ajouter que cette histoire se fait peu à peu lumière où la vérité dissipe les orageuses et sanglantes ténèbres de cette période tragique où a péri la France d'autrefois et d'où est sortie le France d'aujourd'hui. [...]" Dimensions : 18,2 x 23,1 cm Nombre de pages : 6 pages Provenance : Vente Seignolle du 15/03/24 - lot 36, Révolution française, La terreur - Classeur IV
21774[Paris], Imprimerie nationale, [1793]. 2 plaquettes en 1 vol. in-8, 52 pp. + 56 pp., demi-chagrin lie-de-vin, dos long (minuscules épidermures, petites rousseurs).
235736Paris, Imprimerie nationale, s.d. (1793) in-8, 15 pp., broché sous couverture d'attente de papier bleu.
393963 brochures reliées en un volume in-8, In-8 (195125 mm), cartonnage marbré à la Bradel, pièce de titre de veau havane en long, Arras, Imp. Républicaine, s.d. [1793].
1868309Paris, Académie des Bibliophiles, 1868 ; in-8 de ix-51[-3] pp., reliure du XXe siècle demi-chagrin chocolat, à coins, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, couverture.
179418583Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale 1794. 8vo. Disbound. 6 pages. 8vo. In an effort to combat atheism Robespierre and others of the National Convention scheduled a Fête de l'Être Suprême on 8 June 1794 the culmination of which was to be the symbolic destruction of the statue of Atheism by fire and the emergence of Wisdom from the remains. Unfortunately the figure of Wisdom was so badly smeared in soot that the audience laughed. This was his speech to inspire the people and to assure them of the Supreme Being and of his support of their notable cause. M & W IV 29526-40 de l'Imprimerie Nationale unknown
179218578Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Mayer et Compagnie 1792. 8vo. Disbound. 16 pages. 8vo. The Brissotins were continuing to battle against the power and conduct of Robespierre. He had been elected public prosecutor of the criminal tribunal of Paris and resigned prior to taking his seat. He had spoken in March of the peaceful intentions of the Emperor Francois II attributing Emperor Leopold's demise as an act of Providence drawing severe criticism from the atheists and specific criticism from the Girondin deputy Guadet. On the 20th of April Louis XVI had proposed a declaration of war against the King of Bohemia and Hungary and the vote was carried unanimously. Robespierre was against it. Guadet attacked him denouncing him with an accusation of tyranny and Robespierre responded with his explanation of his behavior how he had done everything that he had done for the country to guarantee freedoms and establish equality how when his goals were reached he would retire into private life but how could he abandon the nation that needed him in its time of crisis. He also as usual strikes out at Lafayette. M & W IV 29526-61 De l'Imprimerie de Mayer et Compagnie unknown
179418583Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale 1794. 8vo. Disbound. 6 pages. 8vo. Yes there is a God. In an effort to combat atheism Robespierre and others of the National Convention scheduled a Fête de l'Être Suprême on 8 June 1794 the culmination of which was to be the symbolic destruction of the statue of Atheism by fire and the emergence of Wisdom from the remains. Unfortunately the figure of Wisdom was so badly smeared in soot that the audience laughed. This was his speech to inspire the people and to assure them of the Supreme Being and of his support of their notable cause. M & W IV 29526-40 de l'Imprimerie Nationale unknown books
