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[CONSTITUTION FRANÇAISE]

Lot 8
05.07.2023 13:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 8 | [CONSTITUTION FRANÇAISE]
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€ 1 000 – 1 500
[CONSTITUTION FRANÇAISE]
Loi. Constitution françoise. Donnée à Paris, le 14 septembre 1791. Alençon : Malassis le jeune, 1791.
Précieux exemplaire en reliure peinte de l'époque, ayant appartenu à un député du Tiers état. “L’un des monuments politiques les plus vénérables de l’Histoire de l’humanité” (Pierre Larousse).
Il s'agit d'une édition provinciale, faisant suite à l'édition originale donnée à Paris le 5 septembre 1791 (chez Baudoin, imprimeur de l’Assemblée).
L'exemplaire, revêtu de sa première reliure de maroquin rouge, peinte en lettres d'or, porte l'ex-libris de Pierre Marie Jean-Baptiste Flaust (1762-1824), député du Tiers état à l'Assemblée nationale entre 1789 et 1791, puis représentant du Calvados à la Chambre durant les Cent-Jours.

In-8 (238 x 180 mm) de 63 pages. Bandeau gravé. Reliure de l’époque : maroquin rouge, triple filet doré en encadrement et fleurons en écoinçons, sur les plats, large mention peinte à l’or “LOY CONSTITUTION FRANÇOISE”, dos lisse orné, gardes de papier bleu, tranches dorées (quelques cahiers légèrement brunis, mouillure au dernier feuillet, plat supérieur légèrement passé, frottements au dos et aux coins).
Provenance : Pierre Marie Jean-Baptiste Flaust (1762-1824 ; ex-libris)

A most precious copy of this provincial edition, issued just after the first one. The copy sports a contemporary red morocco binding, with the title painted in gold letters, and belonged to a representative of the Third estate at the Assemblée nationale, during the French Revolution.

Place of origin:France
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