[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

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 ownership stamp on a front endpaper and his manuscript signature on the verso; library shelf notation and manuscript signature on the title page.