Collection of 4 important works on the Revolution: - Lot 103

Collection of 4 important works on the Revolution: 1. BARÈRE DE VIEUZAC (Bertrand): De la pensée du gouvernement républicain. Second edition, revised and corrected. Printed in France, Floréal, Year 5 of the Republic (1797). One volume. 12.5 by 19.5 cm. XXXIX (misch. XXIX)-(1)-178-(2) pages. Modern bradel boards in perfect condition. Very rare foxing. A good copy. Frontispiece missing. 2nd edition, published the same year as the original. Monglond IV-col. 16; I.N.E.D. 239. Nicknamed by Burke "the Anacreon of the guillotine", Barère was one of the organizers of the Terror. In this work, written underground, he declares his support for authoritarian government. "Certain theories [formulated in this treatise] offer an analogy with those of Saint-Just. Let the love of the Republic be infused into French souls through national festivals, public games and republican education; let the useful arts be respected, led by agriculture; let the navy and navigation also have their festivals. He advocated music; he wanted to associate women with institutions and make them the ornament of national festivals. He called for prizes to be awarded for work and valor. He expressed the wish that all public monuments should be lessons for citizens and legislators, so that architecture would be associated with public instruction." (Kuscinski, Dict. des conventionnels, p. 28). "Plan d'administration publique : abolir la mendicité comme on a abolished l'esclavage, remédier au désordre financier, encourager l'agriculture, l'industrie, le commerce, etc." (I.N.E.D.). 2. [BUSONI (Philippe Gérard)]: D'Egmont. Paris et Saint-Cloud au 18 brumaire. Paris, H. Fournier Jeune, 1832. One volume. 12.5 by 21.5 cm. XXIII-(1)-350 pages + 1 f. errata. Contemporary midnight blue half-basane. Minor rubbing to boards and edges. Some scattered foxing. Uncommon first edition. The CCFr. locates 3 copies (Institut de France ; B.N.F. et B.M. de Troyes). Historical novel. "D'Egmont, only son of the Comte d'Egmont; he is Revolution personified, he is the ardent clubist, he is the passionate admirer of Robespierre and Saint-Just; he is a montagnard; he is the honest man of the drama, he would be the hero, if the great figure of Bonaparte did not absorb everything." (Labouisse-Rochefort, Trente ans de ma vie, vol III-p. 167). 3. ROUSSET (Camille): Les volontaires 1791 - 1794. Paris, Librairie Académique Didier et Cie, 1870. One volume. 13.5 by 22.3 cm. (2)-IV-403 pages. Fawn half-basane, spine with 5 ornate bands, cover boards preserved. Small light stains on second cover (not serious), scattered foxing. Marginal annotations in blue pencil (also not serious). False title missing. First edition. 4. AUDIGER (G.): Souvenirs et anecdotes sur les comités révolutionnaires. 1793 - 1795. Paris, P.D. Persan, Delaunay, Mongie Aîné, 1830. One volume. 12 by 19.5 cm. (4)-IV-408 pages. Modern bradel boards in perfect condition. Some foxing in the text. First edition. Tourneux 349; Fierro 49; Rép. Dorbon 1418. The second half of the work relates a trip by the author to Yonne and Burgundy. "Most curious work on clubs during the Terror, mainly those in the provinces (Sedan, Bayonne, Angoulême, Melun, Sens, Villeneuve-le-Roi, Joigny, Auxerre, Avalon, Semur, Dijon, etc.)." (Dorbon). A lively, unabashed account of provincial revolutionary committees...