CHEMIN (J.-B.). L'Ami des jeunes patriotes ou catéchisme rép - Lot 64

CHEMIN (J.-B.). L'Ami des jeunes patriotes ou catéchisme républicain... À Paris, À l'Imprimerie de l'auteur, 1794, in-16, fawn half-calf, smooth spine decorated, natural edges (19th century binding). Collation: frontispiece, 1 title page ch. [1-2], 106 pp. ch. 3 to 108, 8 figures. ORIGINAL EDITION, rare. The political catechism is a literary genre designed to facilitate the memorization of a doctrine. It consists of a succession of questions and answers. It was widely distributed from the Revolution until the First World War. Jean-Baptiste Chemin-Dupontès (1760-1852), a prolific writer, journalist, printer and publisher, gave up his printing and publishing career around 1811 to become a schoolteacher and boarding school master. His catechism consists of nine talks: Les Jeunes Martyrs de la liberté, La Lecture, L'Écriture et le Calcul, Fondation de la République française, L'Égalité, La Liberté, La Sûreté, La Propriété, La Souveraineté du peuple. Each interview is structured around a question-and-answer format. There are 35 questions and as many answers. A Constitution du peuple français and Chansons patriotiques follow. A frontispiece and 8 captioned, unsigned figures. A fine, well-preserved copy. Size : 125 x 75 mm. Monglond (A.), La France révolutionnaire..., III, 131.