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Décret de la Convention Nationale du 29 Mai 1793, l'an second de la République Française, Déclaration des Droits de l'homme. De l'Imprimerie de Département des Ardennes: 1793. Broadsheet (520 x 410mm). Drop-head title, the 30 articles of the convention in double column divided by printer's flowers. (Some repairs to margins.) Folded.
The text of the declaration is often said to have been mainly written by Hérault de Séchelle, and even in summary is noticeably strong in its egalitarian tendency. Article VII is of particular interest to lovers of books, stressing 'La liberté de la presse & de tout autre moyen de publier ses pensées, ne peut être interdite, suspendue ni limitée'.
The text of the declaration is often said to have been mainly written by Hérault de Séchelle, and even in summary is noticeably strong in its egalitarian tendency. Article VII is of particular interest to lovers of books, stressing 'La liberté de la presse & de tout autre moyen de publier ses pensées, ne peut être interdite, suspendue ni limitée'.