Revolutionary France : Discours du Roi prononcé le 5 mai 1789, jour où Sa Majesté a fait l'ouverture des États-généraux.

Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.

Revolutionary France

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Discours du Roi prononcé le 5 mai 1789, jour où Sa Majesté a fait l'ouverture des États-généraux. (R207075)

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  • Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
  • Collection: European Proclamations and Broadsides
  • Classmark: R207075
  • Title: Discours du Roi prononcé le 5 mai 1789, jour où Sa Majesté a fait l'ouverture des États-généraux.
  • Language(s): French
  • Publication: [Paris] : De l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné., [1789].
  • Origin Place: France, Paris
  • Date of Creation: 1789
  • Associated Person(s): M. de la Harpe
  • Note(s):

    Louis XVI's speech on the opening of 'États-Généraux', 5th May 1789. Printed on silk.

  • Format: Sheet
  • Material(s): Silk
  • Extent: 1 sheet Sheet height: 530 mm, width: 390 mm.
  • Condition:

    Copy has been defaced, the word 'Roi' in title cut out

  • Decoration:

    Decorative border with illustrations in margins. Portrait spaces in margins unfilled and royalist header image

    Illustrations in margins signed 'Par M. de la Harpe' and below text: 'Chez l'artiste, rue des Cinq Diamonts'

  • Provenance: Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of, 1871-1940
  • Acquisition:

    Presented to The John Rylands Library by David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford, in 1924.

  • Bibliography:
    Recorded in University of Manchester Library Search


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    Information about this document

    • Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
    • Collection: European Proclamations and Broadsides
    • Classmark: R207075
    • Title: Discours du Roi prononcé le 5 mai 1789, jour où Sa Majesté a fait l'ouverture des États-généraux.
    • Language(s): French
    • Publication: [Paris] : De l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné., [1789].
    • Origin Place: France, Paris
    • Date of Creation: 1789
    • Associated Person(s): M. de la Harpe
    • Note(s):

      Louis XVI's speech on the opening of 'États-Généraux', 5th May 1789. Printed on silk.

    • Format: Sheet
    • Material(s): Silk
    • Extent: 1 sheet Sheet height: 530 mm, width: 390 mm.
    • Condition:

      Copy has been defaced, the word 'Roi' in title cut out

    • Decoration:

      Decorative border with illustrations in margins. Portrait spaces in margins unfilled and royalist header image

      Illustrations in margins signed 'Par M. de la Harpe' and below text: 'Chez l'artiste, rue des Cinq Diamonts'

    • Provenance: Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of, 1871-1940
    • Acquisition:

      Presented to The John Rylands Library by David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford, in 1924.

    • Bibliography:
      Recorded in University of Manchester Library Search

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