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Première constitution française et son préambule : Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen in Almanach royal année bissextile MDCCXCII
De l'imprimerie de Testu|Paris s. d. [1791]|13 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition of this Almanac with the first French Constitution, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen as a preamble. Complete with the copperplate engraved folding map.
Full red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands elaborately gilt in compartments with fleurs-de-lis, multiple gilt-rolled and tooled borders, gilt bouquets of flowers in the corners, fasces surmounted by a Phrygian cap at center of boards, with a wreath and the motto "Vivre libre ou mourir" ("Live free or die"), watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. Small restorations to the color and gilt to joints and spine-ends.
The Almanach Royal for 1792 contains the Declaration
Full red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands elaborately gilt in compartments with fleurs-de-lis, multiple gilt-rolled and tooled borders, gilt bouquets of flowers in the corners, fasces surmounted by a Phrygian cap at center of boards, with a wreath and the motto "Vivre libre ou mourir" ("Live free or die"), watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. Small restorations to the color and gilt to joints and spine-ends.
The Almanach Royal for 1792 contains the Declaration
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