Peace-Republicans' Manual; or, the French Constitution of 1793. And the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens. To which is added: Debates on this Constitution, in the National Convention; Translated Extracts from Pieces Seized in Baboeuf's Rooms; Extracts from a translation of Rousseau's Work on the Social Contract; and various other extracts, some in the French, and others in the English language; with Numerous and Extensive Notes.

HULSHOFF, Maria Aletta (ed.).

Published by New York: sold by J. Tiebout & Sons, 1817

About this Item

First edition of this collection of radical documents, tracts, and writings in French and English, compiled and edited from numerous sources by the Dutch feminist and pamphleteer, intended as a manual for pacifists. Hulshoff (1781-1846), having completed a two-year sentence in her own country for her political publications and wanted for her pamphlet against the Napoleonic conscription, lived in voluntary exile in New York from 1811 to 1820. She notes in the preface that she is only the publisher of these texts and encourages others to reprint it from the "small number of copies printed in this favoured Land, where sound reasonings and unperverted accounts of facts can be freely published". Included are extracts from the works of Thomas Paine, Cato, Rousseau, Joseph Fawcette (his poem "Civilized War"), anti-war sermons, and the French Constitution of 1793. Octavo. Uncut in original drab boards, front cover lettered in black. Extremities a little worn, a couple of cracks along spine but firm, two small stains to front cover, faint toning to contents, partly unopened, else internally clean and fresh: a very good copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Peace-Republicans' Manual; or, the French Constitution of 1793. And the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens. To which is added: Debates on this Constitution, in the National Convention; Translated Extracts from Pieces Seized in Baboeuf's Rooms; Extracts from a translation of Rousseau's Work on the Social Contract; and various other extracts, some in the French, and others in the English language; with Numerous and Extensive Notes.
• Publisher: New York: sold by J. Tiebout & Sons, 1817
• Edition: 1st Edition