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FROMENT. The Police Unveiled, since the Restoration, and in …
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426
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FROMENT. The Police Unveiled, since the Restoration, and in …
See original version (French)
Estimate €40 - €60
Voluntary lot
Description
FROMENT. The Police Unveiled, since the Restoration, and in particular under Messrs Franchet and Delavau. By Mr Froment, former brigade commander in the Prefect’s private office.
Paris, Lemonnier, 1829; 3 vols. in-8. VIII-LII-379 pp. 2 ff.-420 pp. 2 ff.-391 pp. brown half-basane, smooth, decorated spines. Marbled edges. Some foxing.
Complete first edition in 3 volumes. The first volume provides a brief history of the police dating back to Louis IX, then discusses several cases involving police misconduct or abuse (the Louvel, Gravier and Bouton affairs, the arrest of General Huchet de La Bédoyère, and the placing of Talleyrand under surveillance). The second part is mainly devoted to police entrapment and the Cabinet Noir. The final part describes several cases of corruption involving officers of the vice squad...
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ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS at 11.00 am and 2.00 pm
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10/29/2026 at 11:00 AM
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