EXTRAIT DES PROCÈS-VERBAUX de l'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Aout & premier Octobre 1789. Déclaration des droits de l'homme en société.

With woodcut historiated head-piece "La Loi et le Roi, Assemblée Nationale 1789". 8 pp. 8vo (c. 193 x 120 mm). Modern red half morocco. (Versailles, F.-J. Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Assemblée Nationale, 1789). (Bound with:) Extrait des procès-verbaux de l'Assemblée Nationale, Des 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 21, 24, 27, 30 Septembre et 1 Octobre 1789. Articles de Constitution. With woodcut floral head-piece. 6 pp., 1 leaf (Réponse du Roi). 8vo. (Versailles, F.-J. Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Assemblée Nationale, 1789). First edition of the very first printing of the Declaration of Human Rights, of universal value and since 2003 listened in the Unesco Memory of World Cultural Heritage. This fundamental legacy of the French Revolution formed the basis of the United Nations Declaration of 1948. The pamphlet reflect the epochal changes from pre-revolutionary absolute power to new social and political structures with vested individual rights for every citizen. At that time criticized as a hastily thrown together the Declaration of 1789 includes several rights that appeared in the "Cahiers de Doléances" and is one of the most extraordinary in the social history of ideas. These new rights of universal suffrage (for males) and the right to work, to education, and to public assistance were consistent with the philosophical background of the Revolution and the popular demands deemed suitable for a Declaration of Rights. The parliamentarian forces and public pressure left King Louis XVI no other option than to accept the paragraphs abolishing his absolute power as stated at the end of the 2nd pamphlet: "Réponse du Roi. 5 Octobre au soir. J'accepte purement et simplement les Articles de Constitution et la D0claration des Droits de l'Homme, que l'Assemblée Nationale 0'a presentés. Signé, Louis." After very long negotiations, the constitution was reluctantly accepted by King Louis XVI in September 1791. So this document, being the first French Constitution, is also of major historical significance. "Cette édition est le premier trace imprimée des premiers articles constitutionnels existant en France. Au plan historique, l'importance de cet exemplaire est capitale" (Bibliothèque nationale de France). These pamplets have an immense historical significance. Only a few copies have survived, which can be found only in major collections.- Quire with the "déclaration" slightly foxed or browned, on the whole a very good copy.- A long description is available.- - Spiegel der Welt. Catalogue of the Fondation Martin Bodmer, vol. II (2000), no. 135; Martin/Walter, Catalogue de l'histoire de la Revolution Francaise IV, 2: 1571 & 1572; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département philosophie, histoire, sciences de l'homme 8-LE29-241 ("sans doute la première edition); En français dans le texte (1990), no. 187; Memory of World Register: Nomination Dec. 23, 2002 by France and included in 2003.; Commichau, G. (ed.). Die Entwicklung der Menschen- und Bürgerrechte von 1776 bis zur Gegenwart (1997). GES ;