Louis XVI's speech on the opening of 'États-Généraux', 5th May 1789. Printed on silk.
Copy has been defaced, the word 'Roi' in title cut out
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'
Presented to The John Rylands Library by David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford, in 1924.
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Louis XVI's speech on the opening of 'États-Généraux', 5th May 1789. Printed on silk.
Copy has been defaced, the word 'Roi' in title cut out
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'
Presented to The John Rylands Library by David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford, in 1924.