École

1794 · réf. 183235 — Paris: De l'imprimerie du Comité de Salut Public 1794. As owned by a prominent critic of Robespierre First edition of these lessons delivered at the short-lived military-civic school in the final months of the Reign of Terror where the instructors included such luminaries as Claude-Louis Berthollet and Antoine-François Fourcroy. This copy has the contemporary ink signature of "Rudel Du miral" on the title page. This is presumably Claude Antoine Rudel du Miral 1719-1807 a prominent critic of Robespierre in the National Convention. A common claim among Robespierre's opponents was that he intended to use graduates of the École as a paramilitary force to strengthen his own position in the Convention. Quarto 242 x 195 mm pp. ii 168 - 41 individual parts paginated mostly in 4s Contemporary quarter vellum spine with blue paper label blue marbled boards edges sprinkled red. Light bumping and wear infrequent minor browning and foxing to contents: a very good copy. BNF FRBNF33554332. hardcover