CREATION OF NATIONAL MUSEUMS. 2 PIECES FROM 1794. On 15 Vent - Lot 360

CREATION OF NATIONAL MUSEUMS. 2 PIECES FROM 1794. On 15 Ventôse An II (March 5, 1794), the Temporary Arts Commission published the famous "Instruction sur la manière d'inventorier et de conserver, dans toute l'étendue de la République, tous les objets qui peuvent servir aux arts, aux sciences et à l'enseignement" (Instruction on how to inventory and conserve, throughout the Republic, all objects that may be of use to the arts, sciences and education), which was adopted by the National Convention's Public Instruction Committee. 88 pages in-4°, from Imprimerie Nationale. A fine copy, uncut, untrimmed + PROTECTION DES JARDINS BOTANIQUES. Décret de la Convention Nationale, du 16 Germinal an 2 (5 Avril 1794), relatif aux jardins Botaniques aux Plantes rares". Printed in Épinal (Vosges). 3 pages in-4°: "The District Administrations will note the state of the Botanical Gardens and the rare plants found in them in their respective arrondissements; they will immediately take the most active measures for their provisional conservation and upkeep." Engraved banner: "Département des Vosges, 1790.