REVOLUTION. 2 Printed Documents: DECREES OF AUGUST 4, 1789 ( - Lot 164

REVOLUTION. 2 Printed Documents: DECREES OF AUGUST 4, 1789 (Abolition of Privileges) — “COURIER FRANÇAIS” No. 79, Daily Edition, Tuesday, September 22, 1789, Printed, 8 pages, in-8° (Promulgation by the King of the Decrees of August 4—Continuation of the Constitution of the Kingdom—Acts of Patriotism and Benevolence—Military Event): “... as I have already expressed my approval of the general spirit of your decrees, and have ratified several of them; and as I am also pleased to acknowledge the patriotic sentiments that inspire you, I shall order their publication throughout the Kingdom... ” + “SCALE OF PAY FOR THE LEADERS OF THE PARIS SECTIONS.” Printed by the PATRIOTS of 1789, 7 pages, in-8°: “So it is with calculations that they seek to seduce the people today… Let us respond to their false calculations with an accurate one. 988,277 voters deliberated on the Constitution; 914,853 accepted it; 167,758 accepted the decrees...” (Excerpt from *Le Censeur des Journaux*, by GALLAIS.)