Description CLAVAREAU (NICOLAS-MARIE). MEMORANDUM ON THE CIVIL HOSPITALS OF PARIS, in which the situation of each of them is discussed, compared with the old ones, the improvements that have been made, those that they are susceptible to and the form of their administration. With historical notes on their origin and their successive growth; and on the means of forming a single hospital capable of receiving all the indigent patients of a city of the first order. Paris, Imprimerie de Prault, An XIII (1805). In-8, calf, smooth decorated spine, red morocco title coin, with jagged edges (contemporary rel.). Original edition, decorated with 6 plans and 4 off-text engravings. Very important description of the hospitals of Paris under the Empire, showing the architectural, administrative and medical progress made since the report of the surgeon Tenon in 1788. The author, architect of the hospices, presents at the end a project for a new hospital. Scattered freckles. Discreet restorations to the binding. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.