GRÉGOIRE (Henri, known as l'abbé). Rapport sur la nécessité et les moyens d'anéantir les patois, et d'universaliser l'usage de la langue française. [Paris], Imprimerie nationale, [1794]. In-8, 28 pp, pink marbled boards and combed paper slipcase (Modern binding). First edition of this report presented to the Convention nationale on 16 Prairial an II by Abbé Grégoire (1750-1831), which advocates a linguistic policy aimed at erasing old provincial individualities. There is another edition in 19 pp. Tourneux, III, no. 17063.