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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
Proclamation of the King - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Disorders in the port of Brest | Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat (Joseph Boze)

Proclamation of the King
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01273

Proclamation of the King Louis XVI of France with a large woodcut vignette dated 21 Octobre 1790

XVIIIth Century
Proclamation of the King - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Goods of the nation | Portrait of Georges Danton (Constance-Marie Charpentier)

Proclamation of the King
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01272

Proclamation of the King Louis XVI of France of the year 1790 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XVI of France - 1776 - City and port of Brest | Portrait of Louis XVI of France ( Antoine-François Callet)

Ordinance of the King
(1776)
Inventory N° : FR-01271

Ordinance of the King Louis XVI of France of the year 1776 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XV of France - 1727 - Cars supplied to the Troops | Portrait of Louis XV of France (Gustaf Lundberg)

Ordinance of the King
(1727)
Inventory N° : FR-01270

Ordinance of the King Louis XV of France of the year 1727 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XIV of France - 1698 - Amnesty for deserting soldiers | Portrait of Louis XIV of France - The Sun king (Hyacinthe Rigaud)

Ordinance of the King
(1698)
Inventory N° : FR-01269

Ordinance of the King Louis XIV of France of the year 1698 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XV of France - 1727 - Mestre de camp | Portrait of Louis XV of France (Gustaf Lundberg)

Ordinance of the King
(1727)
Inventory N° : FR-01268

Ordinance of the King Louis XV of France of the year 1727 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XV of France - 1766 - Troop's days off | Portrait of Louis XV of France (Louis-Michel van Loo)

Ordinance of the King
(1766)
Inventory N° : FR-01267

Ordinance of the King Louis XV of France of the year 1766 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XVI of France - 1789 - Amnesty for deserting soldiers | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Baron Antoine-Jean Gros)

Ordinance of the King
(1789)
Inventory N° : FR-01266

Ordinance of the King Louis XVI of France of the year 1789 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XVI of France - 1777 - Desertion | Portrait of Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny (1689-1778)

Ordinance of the King
(1777)
Inventory N° : FR-01265

Ordinance of the King Louis XVI of France of the year 1777 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XVI of France - 1776 - Desertion | Portrait of Louis XVI of France (Joseph Siffred Duplessis)

Ordinance of the King
(1776)
Inventory N° : FR-01264

Ordinance of the King Louis XVI of France of the year 1776 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XV of France - 1768 - Cars supplied to the King's Troops | Portrait of Louis XV of France (Gustaf Lundberg)

Ordinance of the King
(1768)
Inventory N° : FR-01263

Ordinance of the King Louis XV of France of the year 1768 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XIV of France - 1712 - Officers of the King's troops living in dwellings | Portrait of Louis XIV of France - The Sun king (Hyacinthe Rigaud)

Ordinance of the King
(1712)
Inventory N° : FR-01262

Ordinance of the King Louis XIV of France of the year 1712 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XVI of France - 1776 - Desertion | Portrait of Louis XVI of France ( Antoine-François Callet)

Ordinance of the King
(1776)
Inventory N° : FR-01261

Ordinance of the King Louis XVI of France of the year 1776 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Disorders committed by the ci-devant soldiers of the Belgian troops | The Death of Marat (Jacques-Louis David)

Decree
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01260

Decree N°148 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 12 Décembre 1790

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Oath to be taken by Ambassadors | Portrait of singer Simon Chenard in sans-culotte costume (Louis Léopold Boilly)

Decree
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01259

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 17 Novembre 1790

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Removal of jurisdictions | Liberty Leading the People (Eugène Delacroix)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01258

Decree N°637 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 24 Février 1791

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

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01257

Decree N°971 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 30 Mai 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Subsidy granted to each army General | The Storming of the Bastille - Arrest of M. de Launay (Jean Dubois)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01256

Decree N°1671 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 1 Mai 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Modification of the penal Code of the Navy | Portrait of Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette (Joseph-Désiré Court)

Decree
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01255

Decree of the National Assembly of the year 1790 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Authorization to leave Paris | A Winner of the Bastille (Charles Thevenin)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01254

Decree N°16 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 23 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XVI of France - 1776 - War commissioners | Portrait of Louis XVI of France (Joseph Siffred Duplessis)

Ordinance of the King
(1776)
Inventory N° : FR-01252

Ordinance of the King Louis XVI of France of the year 1776 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIth Century
Proclamation of the King - Louis XIV of France - 1694 - War commissioners | Portrait of Louis XIV of France - The Sun king (Hyacinthe Rigaud)

Proclamation of the King
(1694)
Inventory N° : FR-01251

Proclamation of the King Louis XIV of France of the year 1694 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIth Century
Edict of the King - Louis XIV of France - 1694 - Suppression of the War Commissioners | Carousel under Louis XIV

Edict of the King
(1694)
Inventory N° : FR-01250

Edict of the King Louis XIV of France of the year 1694 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIth Century
Edict of the King - Louis XIV of France - 1692 - Cancellation of the War Commissioners | Portrait of Louis XIV of France - The Sun king (Hyacinthe Rigaud)

Edict of the King
(1692)
Inventory N° : FR-01249

Edict of the King Louis XIV of France of the year 1692 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Edict of the King - Louis XVI of France - 1783 - Cancellation of the War Commissioners | Liberty Leading the People (Eugène Delacroix)

Edict of the King
(1783)
Inventory N° : FR-01248

Edict of the King Louis XVI of France of the year 1783 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Ordinance of the King - Louis XVI of France - 1776 - War commissioners | Portrait of Louis XVI of France ( Antoine-François Callet)

Ordinance of the King
(1776)
Inventory N° : FR-01247

Ordinance of the King Louis XVI of France of the year 1776 with a large woodcut vignette

XVIIIth Century
Proclamation of the King - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Judicial Order | Bonaparte - French campaign in Egypt

Proclamation of the King
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01246

Proclamation of the King Louis XVI of France with a large woodcut vignette dated 12 Octobre 1790

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1794 - Sales to armies | Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass (Jacques-Louis David)

Decree
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-01245

Decree N°2067 of the National Convention dated 22 Nivose, L'An 2 de la République Française, unie et indivisible (1794)

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1793 - National Gendarmerie | Portrait of Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (1768-1800)

Decree
(1793)
Inventory N° : FR-01244

Decree N°542 of the National Convention dated 27 Février 1793, l'An 2 de la République Française

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1793 - Organization of the Infantry of the Republic | Liberty Leading the People (Eugène Delacroix)

Decree
(1793)
Inventory N° : FR-01243

Decree N°1928 of the National Convention dated 2 Frimaire, l'An 2 de la République Française, une et indivisible (1793)

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1793 - Military subsistence and Ships loaded with cereals | Bicentennial of the Gendarmerie Nationale

Decree
(1793)
Inventory N° : FR-01242

Decree N°1454 et 1493 of the National Convention dated 30 Août et 6 Septembre 1793, l'An 2 de la République Française, une et indivisible

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1794 - Organization of the Infantry of the Republic | Portrait of La Tour d'Auvergne (1743-1800)

Decree
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-01241

Decree N°2044 of the National Convention with a large woodcut vignette dated 19ème jour de Nivôse, An II de la République Française, une & indivisible (1794)

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1794 - Sales to armies | Portrait of Abbé Henri Grégoire (1750-1831)

Decree
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-01240

Decree N°2067 of the National Convention with a large woodcut vignette dated 22ème jour de Nivôse, An II de la République Française, une & indivisible (1794)

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Administrative and judicial Corps | Portrait of Gaspard Monge (1746-1818)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01239

Decree of the National Convention with a large woodcut vignette dated 19 Octobre 1792, An 1 de la République Française

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Municipalities request authorization to purchase national buildings | Portrait of Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette (1757-1834)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01238

Decree of the National Convention with a large woodcut vignette dated 17 Novembre 1792, l'An 1 de la République Française

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Courts of cities where the ordinance of 1667 has not been published | Portrait of Louis Marie Marc Antoine de Noailles (1756-1804)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01237

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 28 Avril 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Renewal of half of departmental administrations | Portrait of Antoine Barnave (1761-1793)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01236

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 10 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Tax collectors | Portrait of Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette (1757-1834)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01235

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 4 Mai 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Search for crimes by the Municipalities | Portrait of Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti de Mirabeau (1749-1791)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01234

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 11 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Boards meetings | Portrait of Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès (1748-1836)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01233

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

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Municipal Police | Portrait of François Christophe Kellermann (1735-1820)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01232

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 16 Juillet 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Civil service | Portrait of François Christophe Kellermann (1735-1820)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01231

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 8 et 11 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Retirements | Statue of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01230

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 4 Mai 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Salary of suppressed priests | Portrait of Manon Roland (1754-1793)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01229

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 12 Avril 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Civil list | Portrait of Nicolas de Condorcet (1743-1794)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01228

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 16 Mai 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Taxes on drinks, wood and charcoal | Portrait of Bonaparte - Pont d'Arcole (Antoine-Jean Gros)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01227

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 30 Avril 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Manufacturers of fake Assignats | Bonaparte - Preparation of the Civil Code - Code Napoléon

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01226

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 3 Mai 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - High national Court | French Revolution in Nantes - Le Bouffay (1789)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01225

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 10 Mai 1791