Lot n° 144
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 380EUR
SAINT-JUST (Louis-Antoine de). - Opinion concerning the judg - Lot 144
SAINT-JUST (Louis-Antoine de). - Opinion concerning the judgment of Louis XVI. Séance du 13 novembre 1792. Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1792. Leaflet in-8, 10 pp. unbound.
First edition of this remarkable speech, a masterpiece of revolutionary prose (Roland Barthes).
A collaborator of Robespierre and one of the most brilliant orators of the Revolution, Saint-Just (1767-1794) stirred up hatred for the king and called for a vote to kill him: "For me, I see no middle ground: this man must reign or die. [...] He oppressed a free nation; he declared himself its enemy; he abused the laws: he must die to ensure the rest of the people, since it was in his plans to overwhelm the people to ensure his own.
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue