COURTOIS (Edme-Bonaventure). Report made in the name of the commission in charge of the examination of the papers found at Robespierre's and his accomplices. Paris : Imprimerie nationale des lois, Nivôse year III of the Republic [1795]. [Followed by: [MONTJOIE (Galart de)]. Histoire de la conjuration de Maximilien de Robespierre. Paris : Les Marchands de nouveautés (imp. by Strockenster in Lausanne), [1795]. - 2 works in one volume in-8, half green basane, spine ribbed with gilt fillets, speckled edges (19th century binding). First edition of the famous report of the conventionnel Courtois (1754-1816), friend of Danton, presented during the session of the National Convention of January 5, 1795, six months after the deposition and death of Robespierre. This book is very important to know the role and the revolutionary career of the famous politician. It brings together 121 supporting documents: correspondence, political essays, etc. The first edition of the "Histoire de la conjuration de Maximilien de Robespierre" by the lawyer and publicist Galart de Montjoie (1746-1816), whom Louis XVIII appointed curator of the Mazarine Library in 1816, was bound in the following pages. Spine faded, Traces of rubbing from use.
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COURTOIS (Edme-Bonaventure).
Report made in the name of the commission in charge of the examination of the papers found at Robespierre's and his accomplices. Paris : Imprimerie nationale des lois, Nivôse year III of the Republic [1795].
[Followed by: [MONTJOIE (Galart de)]. Histoire de la conjuration de Maximilien de Robespierre.
Paris : Les Marchands de nouveautés (imp. by Strockenster in Lausanne), [1795]. - 2 works in one volume in-8, half green basane, spine ribbed with gilt fillets, speckled edges (19th century binding).
First edition of the famous report of the conventionnel Courtois (1754-1816), friend of Danton, presented during the session of the National Convention of January 5, 1795, six months after the deposition and death of Robespierre. This book is very important to know the role and the revolutionary career of the famous politician. It brings together 121 supporting documents: correspondence, political essays, etc.
The first edition of the "Histoire de la conjuration de Maximilien de Robespierre" by the lawyer and publicist Galart de Montjoie (1746-1816), whom Louis XVIII appointed curator of the Mazarine Library in 1816, was bound in the following pages.
Spine faded, Traces of rubbing from use.
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