DOPHINED. ISLAND. GRENOBLE. 11 Printed matter... - Lot 233 - Vermot et Associés

DOPHINED. ISLAND. GRENOBLE. 11 Printed matter (1775/1792): "Parliament of GRENOBLE", Printed in Grenoble, at the home of the Widow Giroud, 1775; 25pp in-4° + (Legal) consultation between Sieur Marchand, inhabitant of Albenc and the priest of Poliénas, deliberated in Grenoble on August 29, 1782; 15pp in-4° + "Deliberation of the City of GRENOBLE of Saturday June 14, 1788...". (The General Council of the city of Grenoble, convened & assembled in ordinary forms ..., with a list of the members of the Three Orders with a request to the King to "kindly withdraw the new Edits. Return to the Province its Magistrates & reinstate them in the fullness of their functions. To allow the convocation of the particular States of the Province, by calling upon the members of the Third State, in equal number to that of the members of the Clergy and the Nobility together & by means of free election. Convene the States-General of the Kingdom for the purpose of remedying the ills of the Nation" etc...- 7pp in-8° + "Most respectful petitions presented to the King by the notable Citizens of the City of Grenoble. SIRE, the news of the disasters that stopped the execution of your orders in your city of Grenoble, must have brought sorrow to Your Majesty's bosom. Terrible day! We saw the blood of Francis shed by the hands of their brothers... ...thousands of men ready to die..." Print 8pp in 8° + "Precise Motives which have brought some of the Clergy and Nobility of the Dauphiné to claim against what happened in this Province. A part of the Clergy & Nobility of the Dauphiné, claim against the constitution of the States of this Province, & against the election of its Deputies to the States-General.... " Impr. 26pp in-4° + "Response of the Deputies of the Province of Dauphiné to the Estates General, to the new Memorandum entitled: Memorandum for part of the Clergy & Nobility of Dauphiné." April 7, 1789. From the printing house of the Widow of Houry & Debure;