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The history of France in its legal texts

Collection de texts of law and decrees from the 17th to the early 19th century

A collection of text of laws and decrees of the time. Now available online.

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Gardes Nationales de Paris - Reinforcement to Luckner's army | Portrait of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01032

Decree N°2216 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 26 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Replacement of National Guard clothing | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte (Andrea Appiani)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01031

Decree N°1948 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 30 Juillet 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Uniform button of the National Guards of France | The Storming of the Bastille - Arrest of M. de Launay (Jean Dubois)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01030

Decree N°396 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 15 Janvier 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Transport of Military Convoys | A Winner of the Bastille (Charles Thevenin)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01029

Decree N°1657 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 26 Avril 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Clothing of volunteer National Guard battalions | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole (Antoine-Jean Gros)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01028

Decree N°1607 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 29 Mars 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - The General-officers and their aides-de-camp | Napoléon Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole (Horace Vernet)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01027

Decree N°1076 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 30 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Salary increase for soldiers at war | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole (Antoine-Jean Gros)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01026

Decree N°1550 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 17 & 27 Février 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Promotion of Lieutenant-colonels of provincial Troops | General Augereau at the Pont d'Arcole (Charles Thévenin)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01025

Decree N°1148 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 2 Juillet 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Border defense | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Pascal Simon Gérard)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01024

Decree N°1080 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 3 Juillet 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Organization of the National Gendarmerie | Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat (Joseph Boze)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01023

Decree N°1120 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 22 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Organization of the National Guard | Portrait of Georges Danton (Constance-Marie Charpentier)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01022

Decree N°1659 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 28 Avril 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Appointment and replacement of military posts | Portrait of Louis XVI of France ( Antoine-François Callet)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01021

Decree N°1629 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 10 Avril 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Commander of the national volunteer Guard battalions | Portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre (Louis Leopold Boilly)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01020

Decree N°1612 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 4 Avril 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Means of filling vacant positions in the Artillery Corps | Portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre (Pierre Roch Vigneron)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01019

Decree N°1742 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 27 Mai 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Forage increase proposed by the Minister of War | Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass (Jacques-Louis David)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01018

Decree N°1649 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 27 Avril 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree of the National Assembly - 1791 - French Revolution - Acquisition of the Maison des Augustins at Sancerre

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01017

Historical Document on laid watermarked paper dated 1791, biography and antique print of Jacques François Dugommier

XVIIIth Century
Decree of the National Convention - 1793 - French Revolution - Integration of Belgian cities in the French Republic

Decree
(1793)
Inventory N° : FR-01016

Decree of the National Convention of 19 March 1793, Year 2 of the French Republic, biography and antique print of Guillaume Philibert Duhesme

XVIIIth Century
Decree of the National Convention - 1792 - French Revolution - Portrait of Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01014

Historical Document on laid paper of 1792, Year 1 of the French Republic and Portrait of Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud

XVIIIth Century
Decree of the National Convention - 1793 - indecency in places of religion - Portrait of Danton

Decree
(1793)
Inventory N° : FR-01013

Historical Document on laid paper of 1793, Year 2 of the French Republic and Portrait of Danton

XVIIIth Century
Decree of the National Convention - 1792 - Workers return to national arms factories - Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01012

Historical Document on laid paper of 1792, Year 1 of the French Republic and Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat

XVIIIth Century
Decree of the National Convention - 1792 - Replacement of suspended or dismissed officers - Portrait of Jean Rewbel

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01011

Historical Document on laid paper of 1792, Year 1 of the French Republic and Portrait of Jean Rewbel

XVIIIth Century
Decree of the National Convention - 1793 - Confiscation of non-compliant Supplies for the Armies - Portrait of Isaac-René-Guy Le Chapelier

Decree
(1793)
Inventory N° : FR-01010

Historical Document on laid paper of 1793, Year 2 of the French Republic and Portrait of Isaac René Guy le Chapelier

XVIIIth Century
Historical Document - French Revolution - 1794 - Law of the National Convention

Decree
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-01009

Laws of the National Convention of the August 24th, 1794 (7 Fructidor Year II of the Republic, une et indivisible)

XVIIIth Century
Historical Document - French Revolution - 1794 - Law of the National Convention

Decree
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-01002

Laws of the National Convention of the August 22nd, 1794 (5 Fructidor Year II of the Republic, une et indivisible)

XVIIIth Century
Historical Document - French Revolution - 1792 - Decrees of the National Convention

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01000

Historical original document dated September 22th, 1792 (Year I of the Republic) and Portrait of Alexandre Beauharnois, original lithograph drawn by Jean Urbain Guérin