IMPRESSIONS DES MALASSIS. - Set of 125 printed pieces, in sh - Lot 108

IMPRESSIONS DES MALASSIS. - Set of 125 printed pieces, in sheets. Exceptional collection of 125 pieces printed on the Malassis presses during the French Revolution, including 67 in-4 decrees of the National Convention and an in-folio placard (Extrait du registre des délibérations du Conseil général du département de l'Orne, du 7e jour du second mois de l'an II). Among the most interesting documents: decrees on orphans and hospices, assignats, the military criminal court, confiscation of goods shipped to Commune-affranchie (Lyon), deposits of diamonds, precious stones, pearls and other jewelry, paintings to be executed at the Gobelins manufactory, botanical gardens and the rare plants found there, preparation of national library catalogs, etc. Also attached to this meeting are 2 folio leaflets printed before and after the Revolution: Exercice de Géographie qui se fera par les Écoliers de seconde du Collège royal d'Alençon (printed by Malassis jeune, 1777), and Ordonnance de police portant défense de se réunir en groupes devant les portes d'entrée des églises, dated October 18, 1824 (printed by Malassis-Cussonnière, 1824).