WIDERMANN, F.CAntiquariat.de
Louis XVI, King of FranceBiblio.com
THE ABOLITION OF HEREDITARY TITLES FOLLOWING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: LETTRES PATENTES DU ROI SUR UN DECRET DE L'ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE QUI ABOLIT LA NOBLESSE HEREDITAIRE ET PORTE QUE LES TITRES DE PRINCE DE DUC DE COMTE MARQUIS ET AUTRES TITRES SEMBLABLES NE SERONT PRIS PAR QUI QUE CE SOIT NI DONNES A PERSONNE. Donnees a Paris le 23 juin 1790.
179095746Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale 1790. 1790. Very good. - Quarto 10-1/4 inches high by 8-1/8 inches wide. Unbound self-wraps with stab marks along the left edge and numbers penned in an early hand at the top right corner of each page. 3 pages on attractive watermarked paper with a handsome engraved pictorial headpiece at the head of the first page. There is offsetting to the top front corner of the first leaf and some light creasing. Very good. <p>Signed in print "Louis. Et plus bas Par le Roi Guignard."<p>On August 26 1789 France's National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen which declared that "Men are born free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good." Although the articles did not specifically address the abolition of the nobility the Assembly took up the subject in their subsequent June 19 1790 meeting which declared the abolition of hereditary titles.<p>SCARCE. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1790. paperback
