34 IV-e and V-e International Penitentiary Congresses... Lot 34

34 IV-e and V-e International Penitentiary Congresses in St. Petersburg, in 1890, and in Paris, in 1895. The set includes: 11 gastronomic menu cards, among which: the large restaurant card at the Grand Hotel d'Europe in St. Petersburg; menu of the Urbain asylum, Roukawitchnikoff, lunch at the liner "Armand-Béfric", 2 programs of concerts and invitation card. Various formats. B.E. Provenance: Archives of Viscount Ludovic de Lavaissière de Lavergne (1842-1922). Director of Accounting and Penitentiary Services at the Ministry of Colonies. Official delegate of France to the 5th Penitentiary Congress in St.-Petersburg.