ISÈRE. 1791. REVOLUTION. “VIENNE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE C - Lot 386

ISÈRE. 1791. REVOLUTION. “VIENNE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE CONSTITUTION—VIENNE (38) April 21, 1790” (Header vignette) - Printed letter, 2 pages, in-4°: “Copy of the Address from the Battalion of Volunteers of the Department of Isère, garrisoned in Vienne, sent to the National Assembly and the Minister of War on December 21, 1791. ”: “Legislators, the rallying trumpet has sounded; Bellona calls her warriors; the flag of Liberty will at last be unfurled, and the pride of the tyrants will soon be buried with them. ‘Avenge the outraged Nation’ is the universal cry; our weapons echo it... The battalion of Volunteers from the Department of Isère burns with eagerness to rush into battle... The land where Bayard was born will produce successors worthy of his glory... It is on the banks of the Rhine that the first blows will be struck; it is under the command of Rochambeau, Luckner, and La Fayette that we must march... Whoever fights for liberty can never be defeated?... ”