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3 documents concerning Charles-Marius, Baron d'Holbach (1757-1832), son of the famous philosopher Baron d'Holbach, and Charlotte [Suzanne] Daine d'Holbach (1733-1814), wife of the famous philosopher and mother of Charles- Marius.
It is about the arrest of the Baroness of Holbach, who became suspicious because of the emigration of her brother.
- a document in-8, autograph of Charles-Marius d'Holbach, certifying that a copy conforms to the original.
- a document giving the reasons for his arrest, with a nice section stamp.
- the minutes of a meeting of the Mountain section, 2p in-4. During this session, a request for a certificate of good conduct from the citizen of Holbach was presented in order to be released. This document also bears a beautiful stamp of the section (different from the first).
Beautiful testimony around the family of Baron d'Holbach during the revolution. 67542847
