Memoirs of Vidocq, Principal Agent of the French Police until 1827. Written

by Himself. Translated from the French by Eugène François Vidocq

$1,750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First American edition. xx, 496 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Original publisher's muslin-backed paper boards, remnants of printed title label, uncut. Upper cover detached and crudely resewn at an early date, worn at edges. American Imprints 29555; OCLC: 3859253. Item #320566 Vidocq 1775-1857 , first a convicted criminal and then “the principal and most active agent of the police”, was head of the

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