[Révolution] Lot of 5 revolutionary pamphlets relating to th - Lot 204

[Révolution] Lot of 5 revolutionary pamphlets relating to the fundamental debate over the King's right of veto all bound in modern bradel boards, substantially 20.5 by 12.5 cm. Perfect condition: This debate is at the origin of the right/left divide that still punctuates French political life today. All 5 booklets are first editions, and are rare. 1. CERUTTI (Joseph-Antoine-Joachim). Traité de la sanction royale, mis en maximes pour le peuple. Paris, Desenne, 1789. 17 pages. Light staining in the inner margin of all leaves, not serious. First edition. Martin et Walter 6499; Monglond I-col. 115; Conlon 89: 7721 locates only one copy in France (B.N.F.); the CCFr. lists only one other (B.M. de Rouen). In favor of absolute veto. The astonishing position of the ex-Jesuit Cerutti, an influential member of the patriot party and author of the famous and influential Mémoire pour le peuple français. A crucial debate on the origin and ownership of sovereignty. If the King is given an absolute veto over laws passed by the National Assembly, he holds a part of sovereignty. Patriots unanimously rejected this concept: sovereignty could not be shared, it had to be held by the National Assembly alone. The suspensive veto for three legislatures did not imply sharing: the King merely verified that this was the will of the nation. The debate over royal sanction and the need for an "upper chamber" provoked the first split in the patriot party: the monarchists, in favor of an absolute veto, lost the battle and their influence. Following the vote on the suspensive veto on September 11, 1789, the various factions began to be divided into parties: the far right (the monarchists), the right (the monarchians), the left (the patriots) and the far left. 2. POLVEREL (Etienne de). 1) Observations sur la sanction royale, et sur le droit de veto. Paris, Imprimerie de Grangé, s.d. [1789], 15 pages; (followed by). -2 Développement des observations sur la sanction royale, et sur le droit de veto. Paris, Imprimerie de Grangé, s.d. [1789], 16 pages; 2 works in 1 volume. Original editions. Very rare complete. Conlon 89: 10469 and 10468; Martin and Walter 27724 and 27725. By a lawyer, former syndic of the States of Béarn in 1789. Polverel rejects any right of veto in the name of the separation of powers. 3. SALLE (Jean-Baptiste). Opinion sur la sanction royale, à la séance du premier septembre 1789. Paris, Baudouin, 1789. 30 pages. First edition. Conlon 89: 10815. Deputy of the Third State of Lorraine. Partisan of the right of suspensive veto. 4. PANGE (Chevalier François de). De la sanction royale. Paris, Barrois d'Aîné, 1789. 43-(1) pages. First edition. Conlon 89: 10313. François de Pange belonged to an old and opulent Lorraine family, close to the Trudaines. A liberal publicist, he collaborated with Condorcet on the Journal de la Société of 1789. (cf. Berthelot, Grande encyclopédie XXV-p. 943). Categorical rejection of all vetoes. "To grant one man the right to render inactive the will of a people, was to fail in the most obvious principles of natural law, the only guide however that men [...] consent to follow in the pursuit of their rights." (Conclusion p. 41). 5. GRÉGOIRE (Abbé Henri-Bapt.). Opinion sur la sanction royale, à la séance du 4 septembre. S.l.n.d. [1789]. 11 pages. First edition. Martin and Walter 15662.