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[PRICE (Charles)] - Histoire de Charles Price, fameux escroc…
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[PRICE (Charles)] - Histoire de Charles Price, fameux escroc…
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[PRICE (Charles)] - Histoire de Charles Price, fameux escroc de Londres, connu sous différens noms ; traduite de l'Anglois sur la sixièmes édition - Londres et Paris ; Volland, 1787 - 2 volumes in 1 volume In-12° - A few small scattered freckles - Fold-out frontispiece showing Charles Price in 3 different outfits including 2 disguises - 19th century half brown basane binding (spine split) - Spine raw - 1st edition of the French translation of this delightful account of the various swindles and scams perpetrated by this London broker in the 18th century. Translation of the 1786 edition of Memoirs of a social Monster, or the history of Charles Price, introduced by 1 curious "Invocation to Lucifer" in which the author denounces the Methodists, Voltaire's irreligion and the satirical playwright Footes. The work recounts with humour the many frauds, deceptions, forgeries and other swindles perpetrated by this illustrious malefactor.
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