[FRENCH REVOLUTION — CONSTITUTION OF 1791]. FRENCH CONSTITUT - Lot 116

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[FRENCH REVOLUTION — CONSTITUTION OF 1791]. FRENCH CONSTITUT - Lot 116
[FRENCH REVOLUTION — CONSTITUTION OF 1791]. FRENCH CONSTITUTION, presented to the King by the National Assembly on September 3, 1791; accepted by His Majesty on the 14th of the same month. Paris, Imprimerie de Prudhomme, 1791. In-16, marbled fawn calfskin, with a border of fine gilt fillets and a beaded gilt fillet on the covers; smooth, compartmentalized spine adorned with a gilt iron stamp depicting Phrygian caps accompanied by the motto “Libre ou mourire [sic],” black morocco title label, gilt edges (contemporary binding); (2) leaves of half-title and title page, engraved frontispiece, 179 pp., (1) p. with border without text. Leather missing at the bottom of the spine, tear with leather missing at the top of the spine, leather restored on the second cover, 3 corners worn. EDITION PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR OF THE FIRST WRITTEN FRENCH CONSTITUTION, establishing the constitutional monarchy. Printed with an ornamental border on every page, it is illustrated with a FRONTISPICE depicting Louis XVI before the National Assembly on September 14, 1791, upon his acceptance of the Constitution. It also includes the king’s letter, his acceptance speech, President Thouret’s response, and a table of contents. A CHARMING COPY in a revolutionary-era binding, adorned with Phrygian caps and the motto “Libre ou mourire” (“Free or die”). ¶ Monglond, II, col. 89–90, for editions of the 1791 Constitution, though this edition addressed to “Prudhomme” is not mentioned there.
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