Renault’s Mouchoire Militaire Map of France Printed Area Measurement_72 x 36 cm

Renault’s Mouchoire Militaire Map of France Printed Area Measurement_72 x 36 cmThis educational handkerchief (why not?) is in the same format as the series of thirteen 'mouchoirs militaire d'instructions' patented by the commandant of the Rouen garrison, Pierre Perrinon, in 1875. These unusual objects carried basic information about drill, kit, weapons handling, first aid for the wounded and other essential military topics in a durable and convenient format. Our map does not seem to be part of the numbered series, but is

Front free end-paper loose

Hétreau was the subject of a 2008 retrospective

but owing to the nature and purpose of the binding

including Andrew Dury and Pierre André

Apologiae Duae et Diologus cum Tryphone Judeo

the reviewer emphasised the value of Robert Bakewell’s geological observations

engraved by Moithy after Herault

Terrae Yemen maxima Pars seu Imperii Imami

[Greek title] Orestes

[Bound with: Greek title] Eunapius Sardianus De Vitis Philosophorum et Sophistarum

engraved by John and George Menzies

he died in penury and is buried in an unmarked grave