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
- Author(s): Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
- Printer(s): Didot, Pierre, 1761-1853
- Publication: [Paris] : De l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné., [1789].
- Origin Place: France, Paris
- Date of Creation: 1789
- Former Owner(s): Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of, 1871-1940
- 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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- 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
- Author(s): Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
- Printer(s): Didot, Pierre, 1761-1853
- Publication: [Paris] : De l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné., [1789].
- Origin Place: France, Paris
- Date of Creation: 1789
- Former Owner(s): Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of, 1871-1940
- 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
