BIOGRAPHIE DES LIEUTENANS-GENERAUX, CHARGES D'ARRONDISSEMENS, PREFECTS DE LE POLICE EN FRANCE, ET DE SES PRINCIPAUX AGENS

by M. B. Saint-Edme, Edme-Theodore Bourg i e.

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First edition

Paris: Chez l’Auteur et Amable Costes, 1829. First edition. 8vo. 4 , xxxiv, 526 pp. Paris police officials, 17th to early 19th centuries. Le Clere Bibliog. Critique de la police 889: “Fait etat longuement des travaux parlementaires qui aboutirent a la creation du Ministrere de la Police en 1796. Interessant par les details qui fourmillent.” Contemporary quarter-calf joints somewhat worn and marbled boards rubbed , gilt title and rules on spine. Very good copy of an

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