TUETEY, Alexandre. Public Assistance in Paris during the Revolution. Unpublished documents collected and published by Alexandre Tuetey. Published in Paris by Imprimerie Nationale between 1895 and 1897. 4 volumes in-4, publisher's emerald-green percaline, smooth spines adorned with cold-boxed panels, gilded Paris coat-of-arms, gilded titling and tomaison, gilded coat-of-arms of the city of Paris in a cold frame on the first cover. Contemporary binding. CXC (introduction) and 792 pp; 729; 816; 929 pp, vignette on title page. Minor rubbing to headpieces, some white marks on boards, spine and boards faded for volumes III and IV. First edition of this important compilation of unpublished documents relating to the hospices and hospitals of Paris between 1789 and 1795, collected and published by historian and archivist Alexandre Tuetey (1842-1918). The author describes hospitals, hospices and hospice houses, charities, charity workshops and spinning mills in the immediate pre-revolutionary period, as well as the reforms instituted by the new administrative organization. The work is divided into four volumes as follows: I. Les Hôpitaux et hospices, 1789-1791 (1895); II. Charity and Spinning Workshops, 1789-1791 (1895); III. Hospitals and hospices, 1791-an IV (1897); IV. Hospices and spinning mills, 1791-an IV (1897). Complete set in 4 volumes. Debuisson collection stamp on title pages. A good copy of this mine of information on Paris during the revolutionary period. Interior intact, partly uncut.