Nicolas Louis FRANÇOIS DE NEUFCHÂTEAU
[IMPRESSION DE SAINT-DIE] Les Vosges, poëme, récité à Epinal, dans la fête de la fondation de la République Française, le 1er vendémiaire de l'an V [22 septembre 1796], imprimé par ordre de l'administration centrale du département des Vôges[[SAINT-DIÉ PRINTING] The Vosges, a Poem, Recited at Épinal during the Celebration of the Foundation of the French Republic on 1 Vendémiaire, Year V [22 September 1796], Printed by Order of the Central Administration of the Department of the Vosges]
Imprimerie de Thomas fils|Saint-Dié-des-Vosges s. d. [1796]|8.5 x 13.5 cm|Relié
Rare first edition of this occasional piece (a second edition was issued with the Paris imprint), cf. Monglond IV, 232.
Contemporary Bradel-style binding in blue paper over boards, smooth spine ruled in gilt with double fillets, marbled paper-covered boards, a few scuffs to the spine and boards.
From November 1795, François de Neufchâteau (1750-1828) served as Commissioner of the Executive Directory to the Central Administration of the Vosges, where he devoted himself to the development of agriculture in the department, a pursuit that always remained his foremost interest.
Copy from the library of the lawyer Charles Fournerat (1780-1867) of Ancy-le-Franc, bearing his...
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