DESMOULINS CAMILLE: (1760-1794) French Politician and Journalist, a prominent figure of the French Revolution. Desmoulins is best known for playing an instrumental role in the events that led to the Storming of the Bastille. He was also noted for his radical criticism of the Reign of Terror as the editor of the journal Le Vieux Cordelier. Desmoulins was closely related to the leading figures of the French Revolution, bieng a schoolmate and close friend of Maximilien Robespierre and was also a close friend and political ally of Georges Danton. In April 1794, Desmoulins was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal and guillotined alongside Danton and other accused Dantonists. Very rare D.S., `Camille Desmoulins´, one page, oblong 4to, Paris, 16th November 1793, in French. The partially printed document is a receipt of perpetual annuity signed by Desmoulins, stating `je soussigné Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoist Desmoulins, député de la Convention, commun en biens avec Anne-Lucie-Philippe Laridon ma femme, reconnait avoir reçu la somme de quatre cent cinquante livres…´ (Translation: "I, the undersigned Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoist Desmoulins, deputy of the Convention, with joint goods with Anne-Lucie-Philippe Laridon my wife, acknowledge having received the sum of four hundred and fifty pounds...") The document bears a contemporary legal ink stamp. Small overall minor staining with slightly trimmed edges, otherwise G

In April 1794, only few months after the present letter was signed, Desmoulins was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal and guillotined alongside Danton and other accused Dantonists at the very early age of 34.

The present signature on this document is reproduced in the isographic dictionary of the National Convention by J.M. Courtois, edition La Poste d´Autrefois 2005