LA VALETTE, Charles de and BOSREDON DU PONT, Philippe de. Le - Lot 173

LA VALETTE, Charles de and BOSREDON DU PONT, Philippe de. Les Etablissements généraux de bienfaisance placés sous le patronage de l'Impératrice. Published in Paris by Imprimerie Impériale in 1866. In quarto / In-4 (37 x 26 cm.) format. Ivory boards. Smooth spine with the arms of Napoleon III. Binding signed by Behrends. XXIV+394 pages, + 15 plates h. -t. A work presenting the various charitable establishments sponsored by Empress Eugénie, introduced by a preface by Philippe de Bosredon du Pont (1827-1906) and introduced by Prime Minister Charles de La Valette (1806-1881). It includes monographs on the Maison des Quinze-Vingts, the institution for deaf mutes in Bordeaux and the imperial asylum at Le Vésinet. The set is enriched by fifteen plates from the Noblet and Baudry printing works, presenting plans of the buildings. Exlibris on endpaper naming Alfred Cramail (1834-1907), Parisian intellectual and historian. Good condition; foxing inside, only slightly affecting the plates. Binding somewhat worn but solid. A good copy.