NORD. LOUIS-NAPOLÉON-BONAPARTE: COUP D'ÉTAT OF DECEMBER 2, 1 - Lot 527

NORD. LOUIS-NAPOLÉON-BONAPARTE: COUP D'ÉTAT OF DECEMBER 2, 1851 - Address by Préfet BESSON "Inhabitants of the Département du Nord, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, the Elected One of the People, who has been invested by the national will with the right to watch over the security and greatness of France...proclaims the maintenance of the Republic, and calls upon France alone to raise its sovereign voice to decide its own destinies. This is a sure pledge of alliance between the Nation and the President... called upon to join in this work of devotion, I am resolved to devote all my energy to it. I will spare no effort to ensure the triumph, in your department, of the principles of liberty and order... I am entitled to your confidence, and I count on your support..." - LILLE, Impr. De L. DANEL. Poster (56 x 45) Condition A.