GUILLOTIN Lot n° 201

Interesting master's diploma, on parchment, of the G.O.D.F. for Brother Antoine Jaquier of the R. LOGE " La Vraye Amitié " in Annonay (Ardèche) Paris, 1789. Numerous signatures of the chambers of administration including the rare signature of GUILLOTIN as president of the chamber of the provinces. Doctor, deputy of Paris to the constituent assembly, he will make adopt by the assembly the decree of mode of execution by the guillotine in 1790. He was a member of many Masonic lodges in Paris, including the prestigious "Lodge of the Nine Sisters". Note also the signature of the Duke of (Montmorency) LUXEMBOURG as a substitute for the Grand Master who was L. P. J. D'ORLÉANS Duke of CHARTRES who voted the death of his cousin, the KING and will be called "PHILIPPE EGALITÉ" under the Convention. He disowned the F. M. and was guillotined in 1793. It is the Duke of Luxembourg who will organize, and will direct the F. M. until the beginning of the Revolution. Guillotin's signature is rare to obtain.