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- Paris - Collection of the Laws & Decrees

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 - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Oath of Officers for the Defense of the Fatherland | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Baron Antoine-Jean Gros)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01176

Decree N°268 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 22 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Flight to Varennes | The Death of Marat (Jacques-Louis David)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01175

Decree N°227 of the National Assembly dated 21 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Housing for the King and his family | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01174

Decree N°23 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 25 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Safety of the King and his family | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Baron Antoine-Jean Gros)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01173

Decree N°24 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 25 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Passport of the King - M. de Montmorin | Portrait of singer Simon Chenard in sans-culotte costume (Louis Léopold Boilly)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01172

Decree N°17 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 24 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Tuileries Palace | Portrait of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01171

Decree N°20 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 24 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Safety of the King and his family in Paris | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte (Andrea Appiani)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01170

Decree N°15 with a large woodcut vignette dated 23 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - M. de Bouillé is suspended from his military duties | The Storming of the Bastille - Arrest of M. de Launay (Jean Dubois)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01169

Decree N°14 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 23 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Removal of jurisdictions | A Winner of the Bastille (Charles Thevenin)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01168

Decree N°279 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 24 Février 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Gardes Nationales de Paris - Reinforcement to Luckner's army | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole (Antoine-Jean Gros)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01167

Decree N°210 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 - Sharing and inheritance | Napoléon Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole (Horace Vernet)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01166

Decree N°271 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 25 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Home visits | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole (Antoine-Jean Gros)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01165

Decree N°219 of the National Assembly dated 28 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Date of the public notaries competition | General Augereau at the Pont d'Arcole (Charles Thévenin)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01164

Decree N°258 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 31 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Emigration of minor children of civil servants | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Pascal Simon Gérard)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01163

Decree N°279 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 30 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Tithe | Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat (Joseph Boze)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01162

Decree N°95 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 7 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Rentes ci-devant Seigneuriales | Portrait of Georges Danton (Constance-Marie Charpentier)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01161

Decree N°278 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 23 Décembre 1790 (1791)

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Abolition of feudal rights | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01160

Decree N°310 of the National Assembly dated 28 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - High National Court | Portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre (Louis Leopold Boilly)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01159

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

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Agriculture and cultivators | Portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre (Pierre Roch Vigneron)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01158

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 5 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Seigneurial and feudal rights | Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass (Jacques-Louis David)

Decree
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01157

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 28 Octobre 1790

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Marriage waivers | Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass (Jacques-Louis David)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01156

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

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Stamp | Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass (Jacques-Louis David)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01155

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 7 Février 1791

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

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01154

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 11 Février 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Criminal courts | Portrait of Georges Danton (Constance-Marie Charpentier)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01153

Decree N°190 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 11 Février 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Stamp act | Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat (Joseph Boze)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01152

Decree N°146 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 8 Février 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Adjudication of a courier lease | Portrait of Marianne - National Personification of the French Republic

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01151

Decree N°164 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 10 Février 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Increase of Commissaires des guerres | Portrait of Marianne - National Personification of the French Republic

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01150

Decree N°1716 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 14 Mai 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Housing of the Commissaires des guerres | Portrait of Marianne - National Personification of the French Republic

Decree
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01149

Decree N°124 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 24 Novembre 1790

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Commissaires des guerres in the Courts Martial | Portrait of Marianne - National Personification of the French Republic

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01148

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 20 Septembre 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - State of siege | Portrait of Marianne - National Personification of the French Republic

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01147

Decree N°1072 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 2, 4, 5 et 8 Juillet 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Commissaires des guerres in the Courts Martial | Portrait of Marianne - National Personification of the French Republic

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01146

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 20 Septembre 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - The Army | Portrait of François Christophe Kellermann (1735-1820)

Decree
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01145

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 23 Février 1790

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Volunteer National Guard salary | Tree of Freedom (Jean-Baptiste Lesueur)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01144

Decree N°1977 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 5 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Prisoners of war | Portrait of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01143

Decree N°1972 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 3 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Replacement of Officers | Bicentennial of the Gendarmerie Nationale

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01142

Decree N°1850 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 7 Mai 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Quartermasters of the regiments | Portrait of La Tour d'Auvergne (1743-1800)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01141

Decree N°1967 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 3 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Commissaires de Police | Portrait of Manon Roland (1754-1793)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01140

Decree N°1872 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 6 Juillet 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

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

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01139

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

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1793 - Exchange of prisoners of war | Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Drouet d'Erlon (1765-1844)

Decree
(1793)
Inventory N° : FR-01138

Decree N°1988 of the National Convention dated 15 Frimaire, l'An 2 de la République Française, une et indivisible (1793)

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1793 - Bankruptcy of the Rohan-Guémené | Portrait of Antoine Barnave (1761-1793)

Decree
(1793)
Inventory N° : FR-01137

Decree of the National Convention dated 24 Juin 1793, l'An 2 de la République Française

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1793 - Events of September 2 and August 10, 1792 | Portrait of Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette (1757-1834)

Decree
(1793)
Inventory N° : FR-01136

Decree of the National Convention dated 20 Janvier 1793, l'An II de la République Française

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1794 - Dismissal of the Revolutionary Army | Portrait of Louis Marie Marc Antoine de Noailles (1756-1804)

Decree
(1794)
Inventory N° : FR-01135

Decree N°2257 of the National Convention dated 7 Germinal, l'An 2 de la République Française, une et indivisible (1794)

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Chinon city taxes | Portrait of Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti de Mirabeau (1749-1791)

Decree
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01134

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 2 Novembre 1790

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Armée du Midi | Portrait of Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès (1748-1836)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01133

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 7 Juillet 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Schools of Mathematics and Hydrography | Portrait of La Tour d'Auvergne (1743-1800)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01132

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

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Recruitment of young men of sixteen years | Bicentennial of the Gendarmerie Nationale

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01131

Decree N°1931 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 24 Juillet 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Armament proposed by the King | Tree of Freedom (Jean-Baptiste Lesueur)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01130

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 21 Juin 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - King's commissioners | Portrait of Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767-1794)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01129

Decree N°1013 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 8 Juin 1791