ROBESPIERRE, Maximilien. Convention Nationale. Rapport fait à la Convention Nationale au nom du Comité de Salut public, le 18 floréal, sur les rapports des idées religieuses et morales avec les principes républicains; et sur les Fêtes nationales. À Paris], printed by order of the Convention in year 2 of the Republic 1794]. In-24 paperback, muted pink covers, as issued. 79 pages. Covers somewhat rubbed, corroded in places, a small loss on the second cover. Bright interior. Famous report presented by Robespierre to the Convention on May 7, 1794, in which he proposes to decree that "the French people recognize the existence of the Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul", and sets the dates of national holidays. The new "deist and patriotic" cult was inaugurated in Paris on June 8, 1794, and marked the apogee of Robespierre, who was executed on the evening of the following July 28. The commemoration of July 14, 1789, August 10, 1792, January 21, 1793 (execution of Louis XVI) and May 31, 1793 (fall of the Girondins) were also declared national holidays. It was also decided to celebrate a whole series of feasts "on the days of the decades": to the French people, to modesty, to disinterestedness, to agriculture, and so on. A remarkable little booklet that marks a key moment in our history.