ALPES-DE-HAUTE-PROVENCE. 1791. REVOLUTION. "Adresse des Élec - Lot 337

ALPES-DE-HAUTE-PROVENCE. 1791. REVOLUTION. "Adresse des Électeurs du Département des BASSES-ALPES, à leurs Commettants." "Dear fellow citizens. Honored by your trust, & especially charged with your interests, we believe we must, before parting, give you an account of our mission & justify to you, the manner in which we have attempted to fulfill it... Despotism has been humiliated, but not annihilated; it still threatens your heads, and the only way to thwart all its perfidy is to recognize in the Law the expression of the general will, and to take it as the rule of your conduct...". De l'Imprimerie de J. Guichard, Imprimeur du Département des Basses-Alpes, à Digne 1791. Vignette Royale. Cupboard (47 x 37) Condition A