COURIER (Paul-Louis). Petition for villagers... - Lot 33 - Rossini

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COURIER (Paul-Louis). Petition for villagers... - Lot 33 - Rossini
COURIER (Paul-Louis). Petition for villagers who are prevented from dancing. Paris, Chez les Marchands de nouveautés, 1822. Booklet in-8 of 28 pages, disjointed. In French in the text, n°233. First edition of the author's most famous pamphlet. The petition aimed at cancelling a prefectural decree issued at the request of a young, zealous parish priest, which forbade villagers to dance on Sundays in the square of Azai: Courier goes beyond the rural framework of a simple village chronicle - admirably evoked - to denounce the intrusion of the Church and the government into the private life of each individual (Paul-Louis Courier, cat. BnF, 1972, n°250). An attractive copy, as issued, with its printed cover.
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