DUPIN (André). - Lot 111

DUPIN (André). Life of a people's benefactor A. P. De la Rochefoucauld, duc de Doudeauville, published in Paris by Firmin Didot in 1841. In-16 paperback, 84 pages in green printed cover. Speech in honor of the Duc de Dudeauville, the year of his death, delivered at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers on November 21, 1841. He was a minister under Charles X, and devoted his life to charity, serving in turn as president of the board of directors of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Société d'Instruction Elémentaire, administrator of the Société Sourds Muets, director of the Société Philanthropique, one of the founders of the Société Royale des Prisons, director of the postal service, etc... A charming example.