[LORRAINE] - [REVOLT OF THE GARNISON OF NANCY]... - Lot 81 - Alexandre Landre Semur

[LORRAINE] - [REVOLT OF THE GARNISON OF NANCY] - Set of 5 volumes: - ANONYMOUS. Detail of the dreadful Revolt of the Garrison of Nancy. S.l., L.L. Girard, s.d. [1790]. - DUVEYRIER and CAHIER (B.C.). Report of Messrs. Duveyrier and B.C. Cahier, Commissioners named by the King, for the execution of the Decrees of the National Assembly, relative to the Troubles of Nancy. Delivered to M. La-Tour-du-Pin, Minister of War, on Thursday, October 14, 1790. Printed by order of the National Assembly. Paris, 1790. - ANONYMOUS. Justifying memorandum for the Soldiers of the King's Regiment. Infanterie. Paris, Devaux, s.d. [1790]. - SILLERY (M. de). Mémoire justificatif pour les Soldats du Régiment du Roi militaire, des Rapports et des Recherches, sur l'Affaire de Nanci. Printed by order of the Imprimerie Nationale. December 7, in the evening. Paris, 1790. - DUVEYRRIER and CAHIER (C.B.). Answer to the Report of MM. the Commissioners of the King, on the Troubles of Nancy. Containing the statement of the conduct of the Administrators composing the Directory of the Department of the Meurthe. Addressed to the King, and published on the invitation of the general council of the department; with the supporting documents which destroy or change all the facts imputed to the Directory. Nancy, H. Haener, 1791. 5 volumes in-8 half calf violin, smooth spines, brown leather titles (bindings signed Yseux, successor of Thierry-Simier). Engraved armorial bookplates. RARE set relating the rebellion of the Garrison of Nancy, persuaded to be robbed by the officers. On the orders of the Assembly, the Marquis de Bouillé crushed the mutineers on August 31, 1790. Later, they were supported and rehabilitated (Marat, Collot d'Herbois...). In Nancy, the Desilles gate was named in honor of the officer who tried to come between the two camps. Expert: Jean-Louis Beauvais