NATIONAL CONVENTION. 8 DECREES: “LAW Concerning the MANUFACT - Lot 224

NATIONAL CONVENTION. 8 DECREES: “LAW Concerning the MANUFACTURE of PICKS.” – Issued in Paris on August 3, 1792 – Printed, 4 pages, in-4° – “Art. 3) Each of these weapons shall be marked on the blade and the hilt with the letters ‘A N,’ which shall stand for National Weapons;...” + PERMANENT REQUISITION - August 23, 1793. “Decree… Establishing the procedure for requisitioning French citizens against the enemies of the Republic.” - “...Young men shall go into battle; married men shall forge weapons;... the elderly shall be carried to public squares to inspire the warriors’ courage, preach hatred of kings, and promote the unity of the Republic...” Printed by the Louvre, 6 pp., in-4° + REVOLUTIONARY ARMY - September 5, 1793 - “Decrees… Concerning the Formation of a Revolutionary Army.” - Printed by the Louvre, 3 pp., in-4° - (loose sheets) + (DESTRUCTION OF CITIES) - Oct. 22, 1793 - Decree... Stating that there shall never be any deviation from the Law ordering the demolition of towns that surrender without having withstood an assault.” - “The impunity granted to Longwy and Verdun has diminished the great example set by Lille and Thionville (Moselle)..., to the cities of Condé, Valenciennes (Nord), and Le Quesnoy, whose surrender stands as a monument to cowardice or treachery...” - Printed at the Louvre, 2-page sheet, in-4° + CORDONNIER - Oct. 25, 1793 - “Decree... Concerning the supply of shoes to be provided for the service of the armies by all shoemakers of the Republic.” - details of manufacture - printed in Caen, 4 pp., in-4° + OFFERINGS TO THE FATHERLAND - Nov. 9, 1793 - “Decree… Calling for Offerings to the Fatherland in the form of shirts, stockings, and shoes.” – Printed in Bordeaux, 2 pp., in-4° - header + NEW PATENT - Nov. 15, 1793 - “Decree... Concerning Military Personnel holding Commissions bearing symbols of royalty or feudalism.”—Printed in Chaumont, 2 pp., in-4°—watermark + REHABILITATION—Nov. 15, 1793— “Decree Rehabilitating the Memory of Labarre and Étalon, known as de Morival.”—Printed in Caen, 3 pp., in-4°.