SAINT JUST (Louis-Antoine de) 1767–1794—Member of the Conven - Lot 278

SAINT JUST (Louis-Antoine de) 1767–1794—Member of the Convention from the Aisne department. 2 Printed documents: “REPORT on Foreign Factions and on the Conspiracy Plotted by Them in the French Republic to Destroy the Republican Government Through Corruption and to Starve Paris ” Presented to the National Convention on the 23rd of Ventôse, Year II (March 13, 1794), by ST JUST on behalf of the Committee of Public Safety—Printed by order of the National Convention; 27 pages, in-8°: “Citizens, Representatives of the French People, there is a natural covenant between free governments and free peoples, by which governments commit themselves to sacrificing for the fatherland and by which the peoples, without committing themselves to anything, are bound only to be just. Insurrection is the guarantee of the people, which cannot be defended or altered; but governments must also have their guarantee: it lies in the justice and virtue of the people... ” + “Report by ST-JUST, on behalf of the Committees of Public Safety and General Security, and decree of the National Convention, concerning Persons Imprisoned,” dated 8 Ventôse, Year 2 (February 26, 1794) – Printed in COUTANCES, by G. Joubert, Year 2. 16 pages, in-8°.

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