MONGE (Gaspard). Description de l'art de... - Lot 195 - Rossini

MONGE (Gaspard). Description de l'art de fabriquer les canons. Paris, De l'Imprimerie du Comité de Salut public, an 2 [1794]. In-4, red half-maroquin, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed (Late 19th century binding). First edition, with 4 tables and 60 copper-engraved folding plates. Written in execution of the decree of the Comité de Salut public, dated 18 pluviose de l'an II, in which Monge recommends a new method for casting cannons in sand. Copy enriched with a fine portrait of the author engraved in the black manner by Quenedey after Naigeon, and 4 additional proofs of plates XXIV, XXV, XXVII and XXIX, stamped, certified and signed by Gaspard Monge, Jacques Dillon, hydraulic and mechanical artist, and Alexandre Miche, head of the draughtsmen's office of the Comité de Salut public. Light staining in the margins of the first few leaves, some worm damage not serious. Plate n°XXXXVI cut by the binder (not missing, part preserved). Attached: BARRÈRE DE VIEUZAC. Rapport et Décret du 23 août... sur la réquisition civique des jeunes citoyens pour la défense de la patrie... Paris, De l'Imprimerie exécutive du Louvre, 1793. 19-page in-8 brochure. This is the general mobilization of the people: young men will go into battle; married men will forge weapons and transport supplies; women will make tents and clothes and serve in hospitals; children will tear up old linen; old men will be taken to public squares to arouse the courage of warriors, preach hatred of kings and the unity of the Republic.