Author: Dorfeuille, Antoine (1754-1795).
Title: Discours de Dorfeuille, Aux Soldats de la Patrie, Au Mois de Novembre 1791. Nouvelle Edition.
Description: [Bourg, France]: [1793]. [1793]. - Octavo, 8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Unbound self-wraps with the remnants of brown paper along the spine. 7 & [1] deckle-edged pages. The overlapping edges are slightly darkened and creased with a small chip torn from the bottom edge of the last leaf, not affecting the text. Good. An impassioned speech by Dorfeuille addressed to the soldiers of the French republic in the early days of the French Revolution inspiring them to confront the foreign enemies who have aligned themselves with the aristocracy and to seek to inspire the soldiers of other countries to join with them and recognize the people of France as their friends in opposition to the despots who command their regiments. According to Vingtrinier in the "Catalogue de la Bibliotheque Lyonnasie de M. Coste" (1853) this new edition was printed after the death of "Chalier, de Pelletier et de Marat". The date and place of publication were attributed to Bourg, 1793 by Sirand in the "Bibliographie de l"Ain" (1851). "Nouvelle Edition" with the lyrics to the "Chanson de Dubois-Crance". Athough the title attributes the song to Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crance the lyrics are said by others to have been written by Adrien-Simon Boy, the chief surgeon for the Army of the Rhine. The first line reads "Veillons au salut de l'Empire" and the song became the unofficial French national anthem under Napoleon. A precursor to "La Marseillaise", the lyrics were sung to the melody "Vous qui d'amoureuse aventure, courez et plaisirs et dangers" which was sung in Nicolas Dalayrac's comic opera "Renaud d'Ast". The French actor, playwright and revolutionary Antoine Dorfeuille (1754-1795) performed in "boulevard" theaters after 2 unsuccessful attempts to join the Theatre-Francais. He performed as part of the Charles de Lorraine's troupe in 1775. In 1777, he became the first player in the company of Ghent where he had the opportunity to stage his own plays. Seduced by the Revolution, he penned numerous patriotic sketches from 1789 on. As a Jacobin missionary, Dorfeuille traveled throughout France's western region reading from his anti-clerical and anti-aristocratic works including "Miracle of the Holy Omelette", "The Magic Lantern patriotic or coup-de-grace to the aristocracy", etc. Joining the revolutionary forces he served in various capacities, fighting with the Montagnards in 1793. Serving in Corsica, he returns to the continent to join up with Dubois-Crance. Back in Paris, he is enthused by Marat & Hebert. As a journalist and propagandist, he writes under the pseudonym "Damane". Like many others, though a "sans culottes", he is accused by some of supporting the municipal officers of Bourg whom he vows to defend before the revolutionary tribunal. Following the fall of Robespierre, he is arrested despite support from many on the Committee of General Securiy and detained at the Roanne Prison. He is murdered during the May 4th, 1795 massacre. The French soldier and politician Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crance (1747-1814) was a musketeer and subsequently a lieutenant of the Marchaux, the guardsmen of the Ancien Regime. Elected a deputy by the Third Estate of Vitry-le-Francois, he joined the National Assembly. Named Secretary in the Constituent Assembly, Dubois-Crance sought to replace the old military system which was based on the aristocratic system with an organization of National Guards formed by the citizenry and he supported conscription. He was elected to the French Republic's National Convention by the Ardennes department and sided with "The Mountain". Named president of the Convention in 1793, he was a member of both general defense committees before the Reign of Terror established the Committee of Public Safety. His report on the state of the Revolutionary Army recommended the rapid advancement of lower officers based on their success and the fusion of the volunteer troops with those of veterans. These measures contributed to the later success of the army. He participated in the Thermidor Coup that overthrew Robespierre in 1794 but did not join the Royalist faction and, as one of the Committee of Five, he opposed the October 1795 Royalist insurrection. A member of the Committee of Public Safety he was a member of the Council of Five Hundred. Dubois-Crance was appointed Inspector General of infantry and subsequently minister of war in 1799. He opposed Napoleon's coup d'etat and lived in retirement during the years of Napoleon's empire. RARE. Good .
Keywords: HISTORY; FRENCH REVOLUTION; FRANCE; ANTOINE DORFEUILLE; DISCOURS DE DORFEUILLE, AUX SOLDATS DE LA PATRIE, AU MOIS DE NOVEMBER 1791; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; PAMPHLET; CHANSON DE DUBOIS-CRANCE; EDMOND LOUIS ALEXIS DUBOIS-CRANCE; SOLDIER; REVOLUTIO
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Title: Discours de Dorfeuille, Aux Soldats de la Patrie, Au Mois de Novembre 1791. Nouvelle Edition.
Description: [Bourg, France]: [1793]. [1793]. - Octavo, 8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Unbound self-wraps with the remnants of brown paper along the spine. 7 & [1] deckle-edged pages. The overlapping edges are slightly darkened and creased with a small chip torn from the bottom edge of the last leaf, not affecting the text. Good. An impassioned speech by Dorfeuille addressed to the soldiers of the French republic in the early days of the French Revolution inspiring them to confront the foreign enemies who have aligned themselves with the aristocracy and to seek to inspire the soldiers of other countries to join with them and recognize the people of France as their friends in opposition to the despots who command their regiments. According to Vingtrinier in the "Catalogue de la Bibliotheque Lyonnasie de M. Coste" (1853) this new edition was printed after the death of "Chalier, de Pelletier et de Marat". The date and place of publication were attributed to Bourg, 1793 by Sirand in the "Bibliographie de l"Ain" (1851). "Nouvelle Edition" with the lyrics to the "Chanson de Dubois-Crance". Athough the title attributes the song to Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crance the lyrics are said by others to have been written by Adrien-Simon Boy, the chief surgeon for the Army of the Rhine. The first line reads "Veillons au salut de l'Empire" and the song became the unofficial French national anthem under Napoleon. A precursor to "La Marseillaise", the lyrics were sung to the melody "Vous qui d'amoureuse aventure, courez et plaisirs et dangers" which was sung in Nicolas Dalayrac's comic opera "Renaud d'Ast". The French actor, playwright and revolutionary Antoine Dorfeuille (1754-1795) performed in "boulevard" theaters after 2 unsuccessful attempts to join the Theatre-Francais. He performed as part of the Charles de Lorraine's troupe in 1775. In 1777, he became the first player in the company of Ghent where he had the opportunity to stage his own plays. Seduced by the Revolution, he penned numerous patriotic sketches from 1789 on. As a Jacobin missionary, Dorfeuille traveled throughout France's western region reading from his anti-clerical and anti-aristocratic works including "Miracle of the Holy Omelette", "The Magic Lantern patriotic or coup-de-grace to the aristocracy", etc. Joining the revolutionary forces he served in various capacities, fighting with the Montagnards in 1793. Serving in Corsica, he returns to the continent to join up with Dubois-Crance. Back in Paris, he is enthused by Marat & Hebert. As a journalist and propagandist, he writes under the pseudonym "Damane". Like many others, though a "sans culottes", he is accused by some of supporting the municipal officers of Bourg whom he vows to defend before the revolutionary tribunal. Following the fall of Robespierre, he is arrested despite support from many on the Committee of General Securiy and detained at the Roanne Prison. He is murdered during the May 4th, 1795 massacre. The French soldier and politician Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crance (1747-1814) was a musketeer and subsequently a lieutenant of the Marchaux, the guardsmen of the Ancien Regime. Elected a deputy by the Third Estate of Vitry-le-Francois, he joined the National Assembly. Named Secretary in the Constituent Assembly, Dubois-Crance sought to replace the old military system which was based on the aristocratic system with an organization of National Guards formed by the citizenry and he supported conscription. He was elected to the French Republic's National Convention by the Ardennes department and sided with "The Mountain". Named president of the Convention in 1793, he was a member of both general defense committees before the Reign of Terror established the Committee of Public Safety. His report on the state of the Revolutionary Army recommended the rapid advancement of lower officers based on their success and the fusion of the volunteer troops with those of veterans. These measures contributed to the later success of the army. He participated in the Thermidor Coup that overthrew Robespierre in 1794 but did not join the Royalist faction and, as one of the Committee of Five, he opposed the October 1795 Royalist insurrection. A member of the Committee of Public Safety he was a member of the Council of Five Hundred. Dubois-Crance was appointed Inspector General of infantry and subsequently minister of war in 1799. He opposed Napoleon's coup d'etat and lived in retirement during the years of Napoleon's empire. RARE. Good .
Keywords: HISTORY; FRENCH REVOLUTION; FRANCE; ANTOINE DORFEUILLE; DISCOURS DE DORFEUILLE, AUX SOLDATS DE LA PATRIE, AU MOIS DE NOVEMBER 1791; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; PAMPHLET; CHANSON DE DUBOIS-CRANCE; EDMOND LOUIS ALEXIS DUBOIS-CRANCE; SOLDIER; REVOLUTIO
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- Book number: 94873
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