FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY LAWS. A collection of 30 printed laws, 1790-1793. All 4tos, most with elaborate woodcut devices on title page. Some with paper losses and staining. AN INTERESTING COLLECTION CHARTING THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. The earliest laws are printed while the King still lives, and begin with the salutation: “Louis, by the Grace of God, & by the Laws of the State Constitution, King of France…” Most address the creation and issuance of assignats. Louis drops out of the language of the reports in the fall of 1792, and laws are issued simply in the name of the National Assembly or the National Convention.

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FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY LAWS. A collection of 30 printed laws, 1790-1793. All 4tos, most with elaborate woodcut devices on title page. Some with paper losses and staining. AN INTERESTING COLLECTION CHARTING THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. The earliest laws are printed while the King still lives, and begin with the salutation: “Louis, by the Grace of God, & by the Laws of the State Constitution, King of France…” Most address the creation and issuance of assignats. Louis drops out of the language of the reports in the fall of 1792, and laws are issued simply in the name of the National Assembly or the National Convention.

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