[Hospital Statutes]. Miscellany containing the third editionStatuts et règlements de l'Hôpital général de la Charité et aumône générale de Lyon from 1765 and the second edition ofLettres patentes accordées par Sa Majesté à l'Hôpital général de Charité et aumône générale de Lyon au mois de septembre 1729 from 1761, within modern binding in red half-morocco with gold title on gusset on smooth spine. Also in the lot are theOrdini belonging to the government of the Hospitale Grande di Milano. Et di tutti gli altri hospitali a questo uniti. Con le instruttioni de tutti gli officiali et ministri suoi in Pacifico Da Ponte's edition of 1595. (2)

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