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[DUMAS, comte Mathieu (1753-1837)]

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Lot 96 | [DUMAS, comte Mathieu (1753-1837)]
[DUMAS, comte Mathieu (1753-1837)]

Instruction générale sur la conscription. Paris : Imprimerie Impériale, 1811.

Exemplaire de l’auteur, en maroquin rouge à ses armes, de cette édition originale, tirée à petit nombre pour les dignitaires et les ministres d’État. Ce volume de texte était accompagné d’un atlas réunissant des modèles destinés à l’administration militaire, qui manque ici. Une réimpression de format plus réduit paraît la même année chez Didot.

Parmi les articles qui visent à couvrir tous les champs de la conscription, on lira avec intérêt la liste « des infirmités qui rendent ceux qui en sont atteints impropres au service militaire » ou « qui exigent un examen approfondi », qui mentionne notamment « l’haleine infecte par cause irrémédiable », symptôme qui « doit être constaté par le témoignage du maire, et de trois conscrits, pris au hasard, et de la même commune si possible » (2e tableau, art. 6).



In-folio (335 x 222 mm). Édition originale – volume de texte uniquement.

Reliure de l’époque : maroquin rouge à long grain, armes du comte Mathieu Dumas au centre des plats, frise de palmettes dorée en encadrement, dos lisse orné d’aigles impériales, gardes de tabis bleu ciel, tranches dorées (quelques frottements aux coins).

Provenance : comte Mathieu Dumas (1753-1837 ; reliure aux armes), général de divison, grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur -- Alexis de Redé (ex-libris).



The author’s copy, in contemporary red morocco with his gilt arms. This first edition was issued in very limited numbers, to be distributed to statesmen and dignitaries.

Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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