Live auction - Lot 867
[French Revolution]
La Constitution de la République Francaise, une et indivisible, pour l'instruction des enfans dans les écoles primaires et particulières.
Versailles, Jacob, an IV [1797-1798]
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
12mo: 142 pp. (age-toned).
Paper-backed, vellum (tr. of use).
Rare pocket-edition of the highly influential Constitution of the Year III, the constitution of the French First Republic, adopted by the Convention on 5 Fructidor Year III (22 August 1795), and intended for educational purposes. Preceded by a fresh "Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and of the Citizen" of 1795. We could not find any other copy of this schooledition.
Ref. Not in BnF. - Monglond, II:846.
Prov. Ms. entry.