COLLECTION of 141 pieces, almost all relating to the Assemblée Nationale, the legislative body during the first period of the Revolution. Almost half of the 578 deputies representing the Third Estate were lawyers ! After a short struggle with the other two Estates and the King, the National Constituent Assembly was established and became the powerful legislative and constitution-making body of France. This body passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, passed provisions announcing equality before the law, freedom from arrest without due process, freedom of speech and press. It was this body that decided to confiscate and nationalize the properties of the Catholic church, it replaced the chaotic structure of the Ancien

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Bound in 7 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spines with red morocco labels with gilt lettering. Detailed list of all 141 items in this collection available on request. Contains texts by among others: Bancal des Issarts, Barnave, Brissot, Cerutti, Chamfort, Condorcet, Desmoulins, Dubois de Crancé, Fauchet, Herault de Sechelles, Lafayette, Merlin de Douai, Mirabeau, Montesquiou-Fezenac, Petion, Rabaut Saint-Etienne, Roland, Servan, Sieyes, Talleyrand-Perigord, Vergniaud, etc.

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COLLECTION of 141 pieces, almost all relating to the Assemblée Nationale, the legislative body during the first period of the Revolution. Almost half of the 578 deputies representing the Third Estate were lawyers ! After a short struggle with the other two Estates and the King, the National Constituent Assembly was established and became the powerful legislative and constitution-making body of France. This body passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, passed provisions ...

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