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French printer, bookseller and politician during the French Revolution (1756–1794) credited as the originator of the motto, 'Unité, Indivisibilité de la République; Liberté, égalité, fraternité ou la mort.' Manuscript DS in French, signed “Momoro,” one page, 8 x 11.5, January 20, 1794. Document certifying "that Citizen Edme Louis Dominique Schiere Lelievre, employed in the offices of the Minister of Contributions, has declared to us to be the bearer of the secret according to which he can compose the elixir known by the name of 'Balm of Life,' of which the inventor is Claude Lelievre, his father." Signed at the conclusion in ink by five members of the Directoire, including Antoine-François Momoro, Etienne Jean-Baptiste Maillard, Denis-Guillaume Bourgain, Dubois, and Houzeau. The red wax seal affixed at lower left is cracked but intact. Housed in a lavish embossed leather folder. In fine condition. Momoro's autograph is scarce, this being the first example we have offered.
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