GRÉGOIRE (the abbot). Set of 2 pamphlets. - Lot 134

GRÉGOIRE (the abbot). Set of 2 pamphlets. — Report on the Necessity and Means of Eradicating the Dialect and Universalizing the Use of the French Language. No place, no date [Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1794]. 19-page in-8 pamphlet, stapled, with a paper cover. First edition of this report in which Grégoire advocates the exclusive and consistent use of “the language of liberty”; national identity will thus be built upon a revolutionary language. A few page numbers have been damaged by the bookbinder’s knife. — System of Topographical Names for Squares, Streets, Quays, etc., in All Municipalities of the Republic. No place, no date [Paris, Imprimerie nationale]. 27-page in-8 pamphlet, stapled, with a paper cover.

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