Lot n° 162
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GRÉGOIRE. Rapport sur les destructions opérées par le Vandal - Lot 162
GRÉGOIRE. Rapport sur les destructions opérées par le Vandalisme, et sur les moyens de le réprimer. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1794. Leaflet in-8, 27 pages, stapled. - Second rapport sur le Vandalisme. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, An III. Booklet, in-8, 12 pages, modern gray half-chagrin. Portrait added. - Third report on Vandalism. Paris, Imprimerie nationale des lois, 1795. Booklet in-8, 21 pages, stapled, dummy cover.
Rare set of the three reports on vandalism in their original editions (En français dans le texte, n°193).
It is in these few pages that the nation's cultural heritage is forged, and that the missions of conservation and restoration, protection, enrichment and scientific inventory take shape.
The word vandalism is thought to have been invented by Abbé Grégoire.
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