AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
By International Autograph Auctions
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May 23, 2019
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 404:
[LOUIS XVI]: (1754-1793) King of France and Navarre 1774-1791, King of the French 1791-92. The ...
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[LOUIS XVI]: (1754-1793) King of France and Navarre 1774-1791, King of the French 1791-92. The only King of France to have been executed. An excellent printed original law decree related to ''Measures to be taken when the Homeland is in danger'', four pages, 4to, dated 8th July 1792, in French. The contemporary printed decree states to the heading ''Louis, by the grace of God, and according to the State constitutional Law, King of the French..'' and reports on the decrees approved by the National Assembly on 4th and 5th July. The present decree was issued only a month before the King was officially arrested and sent to prison, and two months before the National Assembly abolished the Monarchy. VG £120-200
