WATTEVILLE (Baron Adolphe de). 3 Reports in one vol. in-4°. - Lot 164

WATTEVILLE (Baron Adolphe de). 3 Reports in one vol. in-4°. Statistique des établissements de bienfaisance. Rapport à S. Exc. le ministre de l'Intérieur ● [...] sur les sourds-muets, les aveugles et les établissements consacrés à leur éducation. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1861. 43 pp. ● sur les tours, les abandons, les infanticides et les morts- nés de 1826 à 1854. Id. 1856. 69 pp. ● [...] sur la situation administrative, morale et financière du Service des enfants trouvés et abandonnés en France. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1849. 141, 1 bl., [2] pp. half calf in purplish with corners, spine with 4 grotesque faux-nerfs, gilt title, gilt fillet on covers, marbled edges (Binding of the period). WATTEVILLE DU GRABE was Inspector General of administrative services for the Ministry of the Interior. As part of his duties, he produced several important statistics on charitable institutions. From the library of the author's sons, Oscar and Olivier de WATTEVILLE, with engraved bookplate. Worm damage to binding, upper hinge half-split. Fresh interior. Interesting set with the author's family provenance.