[JACOBIN CLUB]:

[JACOBIN CLUB]: Also known as the Society of the Friends of the Constitution, the most influential political club during the French Revolution. A good selection of printed original documents issued by the Jacobin Club, one to eight pages, different sizes, dated 1790 to 1794, in French, including texts by Honoré de Mirabeau (1749-1791), one page, folio, 18th December 1790, in his capacity as President of Society of the Friends of the Constitution, submitting the proposal of law suppressing duels; Victor de Broglie (1756-1794) Guillotined. Four pages, 4to, 9th January, 1791. Stating `..the constitution enemies try to support and push fanatics against this constitution they hate and they try to kill..´; Gaultier de Biauzat (1739-1815) as President of the Club des Jacobins. Six pages, 4to, 1791, stating `..Tell the people that their representatives work unceasingly in the way the expect and that their efforts are assisted by a King who supports the true constitutional Royalty, established for the stability and well-being of citizens..´; Louis Dufourny de Villiers (1739-1796) as President of the Club des Jacobins. Three pages, 4to, 16th July 1791, referring to the King´s sanctity and his recent fly to Varennes attempt of escape, and to the principles of Pétion and Robespierre; Servan Baudouin Boulanger (1755-1794) Guillotined. One age, 4to, 25th July 1791. The Jacobins move their sessions to the Maison des Feuillants; Pierre Nioche (1751-1828) as President of the Club des Jacobins, eight pages, 8vo, 11th February 1792; Rennes 1790, related to the people´s right `..the undestroyable and sacred base of the citizen rights..´; a printed bulletin comprising new laws approved by the Committee of Public Safety reporting that the `..Society of Jacobins have their meeting sessions suspended and their meeting room closed immediately..´ This text corresponds to the definitive closing of the Club des Jacobins, and their meeting room would be destroyed six months later, converting by decree the building into a market. VG, 9 £80-100