SIEYES (Abbot). WHAT IS THE THIRD ESTATE? - Lot 208

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SIEYES (Abbot). WHAT IS THE THIRD ESTATE? - Lot 208
SIEYES (Abbot). WHAT IS THE THIRD ESTATE? (Paris), sans nom, 1789. In-8 of [2]-180 pages, rust coloured calf, smooth spine decorated, coat of arms at the foot (period binding). Third edition of the famous factum of Abbé Seyès, whose beginning is famous: "What is the Third Estate? ALL What has it been up to now in the political order? - NOTHING What does it ask? TO BE SOMETHING. ». The pamphlet was all the rage at the beginning of the Revolution where it played an important role, laying the foundations for a constituent National Assembly. Copy in an attractive binding decorated on the back with the ARMS OF JOSEPH DE MALARMEY, COMTE DE ROUSSILLON, who died in 1797. (In French in the text n°186).
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