Lot n° 133
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COMMUNE-AFFRANCHIE. - Set of 3 books. - Lot 133
COMMUNE-AFFRANCHIE. - Set of 3 books.
Set of 3 books relating to Commune-affranchie, the name given to the city of Lyon during the Revolution after its revolt.
- LISTE générale des contre-révolutionnaires mis à mort à Commune-affranchie.Commune-affranchie, Chez le citoyen Destefanis, An II. In-12, 128 pages, bradel modern boards.
List of some 1,500 to 2,000 victims, with their ages, addresses and professions.
- LISTE des contre-révolutionnaires & révoltés de la ci-devant ville de Lyon, condamnés à être fusillés & guillotinés par jugement de la commission militaire [...]. Paris, Toubon, Lefèvre, De l'Imprimerie du Calculateur Patriote, au corps sans tête, l'an deuxième de la république française, une et indivisible, et deuxième de la mort du tyran. In-8, 19th-century hardback.
Contains the fierce and edifying Lettre de la guillotine de ci-devant Lyon, à la guillotine de Paris, sa sœur aînée (pp. 2-8): I read with astonishment, my dear sister [...], your miraculous deeds, your admirable prowess, [...]. I send you my dear elder sister, the details of my work [...] I cut, I trim, I cut the scoundrels, & from the movement of a rather strong weight, I grant them a passport for the other world, as well as you. Covers torn off.
- DECRETS relating to Ville-affranchie, with all the decrees of the people's representatives, which have been taken in this commune since October 9th. Commune-affranchie, De l'Imprimerie républicaine des Représentans du peuple, An II. In-8, paperback.
With, bound at the head, a rare folio of the three decrees issued by the National Convention concerning the city of Lyon (printed by Commune-affranchie, De l'Imprimerie nationale du département du Rhône, An II): decrees stating that the city of Lyon will be destroyed & its name erased from the list of cities of the Republic, concerning the administration & sale of the property of the rebels of Lyon, and stating that the conspirators of Bordeaux & Lyon will be referred to the Revolutionary Tribunals.
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