FRENCH REVOLUTION. 2 printed sheets recounting... - Lot 102 - Giquello

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FRENCH REVOLUTION. 2 printed sheets recounting... - Lot 102 - Giquello
FRENCH REVOLUTION. 2 printed sheets recounting the storming of the Bastille. No place or date [Paris, July 14 and 15, 1789]. 2 printed pieces bound in one volume in-8 squared, long-grained burgundy half-marocco, smooth spine with the title gilt lengthwise and decorated with double filets, stylized gilt Phrygian cap (Lobstein-Laurenchet). Extremely rare flying leaves, hotly recounting the capture of the Bastille and the first hours of the French Revolution. Yesterday's day was astonishing by the acts of prodigies that will make it famous. Nothing is more marvellous than the storming of the Bastille. ...] The soldier who first entered the Bastille was made a Knight of St. Louis by the Members of the Hôtel-de-Ville; & to decorate him, the Cross of St. Louis was taken from Mr. M. de Launay, whose head was cut off and stripped from him [...] this evening, after the news, crowds flocked to the Bastille to demolish it, & they went through & visited this infamous monument of tyranny & crime. The people rushed there in droves, and saw its terrible towers being torn down. ...it was that the bourgeoisie was guarding everything. This is the only way to save us from the evil projects we still have to be wary of. The cabal must be feared as long as it survives; it is capable of anything. The Assembly will ask for the dismissal of the Ministers, as the only way to restore peace. These pieces, printed within hours of these events, bear no mention of an editor and are not paginated. The poor quality of the paper and printing, as well as the traces of folding, underline their nature as leaflets distributed by hawkers. Dirt and small paper shortages sometimes affect the reading of the text.
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