CROKER FRENCH REVOLUTION TRANSCRIPTS. Vols. I, II. Miscellaneous contemporary copies and extracts from newspapers, proclamations, etc.; 1783-1792. The newspapers most frequently quoted are the Mercure de la France, Paris, and the Courrier de l'Europe, London and Boulogne. Extracts headed 'Leide' are from the Nouvelles extraordinaires de divers endroits, Leyden.
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John Wilson Croker, PC; MP: French Revolution transcripts. Louis XVI of France: J. W. Croker's transcripts, etc., of papers rel. to the Revolution: 1783-1792.: Fr.
Transcripts extracted from the three collections of printed tracts acquired through or from John Wilson Croker, P.C., in 1817, 1831, and 1856, that are now in the Department of Printed Books. For the latter, distinguished as the 'F', 'F.R.', and 'R' collections respectively, see G.K. Fortescue,...
CROKER FRENCH REVOLUTION TRANSCRIPTS. Vol. III (ff. 75). Miscellaneous transcripts of proceedings of public bodies, speeches, and other political and religious literature, relating mainly to affairs in Paris, with a few original documents; 1787-1792, n.d. John Wilson Croker, PC; MP: French Revo...
CROKER FRENCH REVOLUTION TRANSCRIPTS. Vol. IV (ff. 34). 'Organisation de l'Instruction Publique': a draft of the projected decree on education submitted to the Legislative Assembly 20-21 April 1792, differing in a number of particulars from the printed Rapport et projet de décret sur l'organisat...
CROKER FRENCH REVOLUTION TRANSCRIPTS. Vol. V (ff. 38). Inventories, etc., of various sections of the printed tracts, etc., in the Croker collection; made apparently in connexion either with Croker's acquisition of them in France or with their transfer to the British Museum. The contents include:...