Null GRÉGOIRE (l'abbé). Set of 2 in-8 plates, unbound.
- Rapport sur les inscrip…

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GRÉGOIRE (l'abbé). Set of 2 in-8 plates, unbound. - Rapport sur les inscriptions des monumens publics. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1794. First edition. - Rapport sur la nécessité et les moyens d'anéantir les patois, et d'universaliser l'usage de la langue française. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1794. First edition of this report in which Abbé Grégoire advocates the invariable use of "the language of liberty". Slight wetness.

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GRÉGOIRE (l'abbé). Set of 2 in-8 plates, unbound. - Rapport sur les inscriptions des monumens publics. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1794. First edition. - Rapport sur la nécessité et les moyens d'anéantir les patois, et d'universaliser l'usage de la langue française. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1794. First edition of this report in which Abbé Grégoire advocates the invariable use of "the language of liberty". Slight wetness.

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