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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 - Sub-lieutenants of the Army | Portrait of Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti de Mirabeau (1749-1791)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01128

Decree N°1436 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 28 Septembre 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Revolutionary Tribunal - Public prosecutor | Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Drouet d'Erlon (1765-1844)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01127

Decree N°808 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 30 Mars 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Seals on the houses of Louis XVI's brother | Portrait of Louis Marie Marc Antoine de Noailles (1756-1804)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01126

Decree N°1179 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 29 Juillet 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Tobacco for the troops | Portrait of Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès (1748-1836)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01125

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 29 Juillet 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Passports | Portrait of Antoine Barnave (1761-1793)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01124

Decree N°1934 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 28 Juillet 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Salary increase for soldiers at war | Bonaparte - French campaign in Egypt

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01123

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

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Reinforcement of the Armée de ligne | Portrait of François Séverin Marceau (1769-1796)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01122

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 17, 19 & 20 Juillet 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Subsidy granted to the War Department | Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

Decree
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01121

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 5 Décembre 1790

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Military geographers | Portrait of Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (1768-1800)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01120

Decree N°1384 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 17 Août 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Martinique Island | Portrait of Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis (1746-1807)

Decree
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01119

Decree N°147 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 29 Novembre 1790

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Public tranquility | Speech made by Camille Desmoulins at the Palais Royal (12 July 1789)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01118

Decree N°1096 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 16 Juillet 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Border defense | Speech made by Camille Desmoulins at the Palais Royal (12 July 1789)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01117

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

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Shows | Portrait of Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (1768-1800)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01116

Decree N°426 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 13 Janvier 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Compensation granted to the Princes of Germany | Portrait of Louis XV (1710-1774)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01115

Decree N°1056 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 19 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - French who fought abroad | Portrait of Jean Lannes (1769-1809)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01114

Decree N°1077 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 30 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Justices of the peace | Portrait of Pierre Daumesnil (1776-1832)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01113

Decree N°1101 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 6 & 11 Juillet 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Against sedition | Portrait of Louis XVI of France (Joseph Siffred Duplessis)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01112

Decree N°1102 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 18 Juillet 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Army of the Rhine | Bonaparte on the Council of the Five Hundred (François Bouchot)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01111

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 23 Juillet 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Officers deprived of their salary without legitimate cause | Portrait of Charlotte Corday (Tony Robert-Fleury)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01110

Decree N°1275 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 5 Septembre 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Appointment of officers and enrollment of soldiers | Liberty Leading the People (Eugène Delacroix)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01109

Decree N°1316 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 12 Septembre 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Engineering and Artillery students | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Robert Lefevre)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01108

Decree N°1289 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 15 Septembre 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Subordination in line Troops | Portrait of Charlotte Corday (Jean-Jacques Hauer)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01107

Decree N°1236 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 28 Août 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Equipment of the Volunteer National Guards | Portrait of Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette (Joseph-Désiré Court)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01106

Decree N°1248 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 4 Septembre 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Officers and Cavaliers of the Gendarmerie | Portrait of Bonaparte (Jacques-Louis David)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01105

Decree N°1255 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 26 Juin 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Army food and fodder | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Baron Antoine-Jean Gros)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01104

Decree N°1247 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 30 Mars & 21 Avril 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Reinforcement of the line army | The Death of Marat (Jacques-Louis David)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01103

Decree N°1900 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 17, 19 & 20 Juillet 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

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

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01102

Decree N°1809 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 23 Juin 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Armée du Midi | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Baron Antoine-Jean Gros)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01101

Decree N°1812 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 23 Juin 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Appointment of officers and enrollment of soldiers | Portrait of singer Simon Chenard in sans-culotte costume (Louis Léopold Boilly)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01100

Decree N°1316 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 12 Septembre 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Use of the Vincennes prison | Portrait of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794)

Decree
(1790)
Inventory N° : FR-01099

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 20 Novembre 1790

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Advancement of Lieutenant colonels of provincial troops | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte (Andrea Appiani)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01098

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

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Generals and officers dismissed | The Storming of the Bastille - Arrest of M. de Launay (Jean Dubois)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01097

Decree N°2164 of the National Assembly dated 20 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Officers deprived of their function | A Winner of the Bastille (Charles Thevenin)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01096

Decree N°1275 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 5 Septembre 1791

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

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01095

Decree N°47 of the National Assembly dated 19 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Payment of troops | Napoléon Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole (Horace Vernet)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01094

Decree N°47 of the National Assembly dated 3 Septembre 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Replacement of Officers | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole (Antoine-Jean Gros)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01093

Decree N°1203 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 1er Août 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Quartermasters of the regiments | General Augereau at the Pont d'Arcole (Charles Thévenin)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01092

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 - Works projects for the Defense of Paris | Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Pascal Simon Gérard)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01091

Decree N°2123 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 17 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Police of Navigation and Commercial Ports | Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat (Joseph Boze)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01090

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

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Military convoys | Portrait of Georges Danton (Constance-Marie Charpentier)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01089

Decree N°1825 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 29 Juin 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Payment of the salary of the Armée du Midi | Portrait of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01088

Decree N°1827 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 16 Juin 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Deserting officers | Portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre (Louis Leopold Boilly)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01087

Decree N°1949 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 30 Juillet 1792

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Supply of weapons in arsenals | Portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre (Pierre Roch Vigneron)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01086

Decree N°1890 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 12 Juin 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

XVIIIth Century
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Paris National Guard soldiers | Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass (Jacques-Louis David)

Decree
(1792)
Inventory N° : FR-01085

Decree N°2205 of the National Assembly of the year 1792

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Alsace and Foix Regiments | Portrait of Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny (1689-1778)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01084

Decree N°1122 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 12 Juillet 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - German, Irish and Liege Infantry Regiments | Portrait of Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny (1689-1778)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01083

Decree N°1168 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 21 Juillet 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Royal-Liégeois & Lauzun regiments | Portrait of Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (1754-1842)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01082

Decree N°451 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 20 Janvier 1791

XVIIIth Century
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - French who fought abroad | Portrait of Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (1754-1842)

Decree
(1791)
Inventory N° : FR-01081

Decree N°1077 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 30 Juin 1791