ANONYME
La police des moeurs, lettres adressées au journal La Lanterne par un ex-agent des moeurs et un médecin
La lanterne|Paris 1879|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Occasional foxing.
Rare.
Occasional foxing.
Rare.
€100

First edition.
Contemporary half glazed calf in the Romantic style, light brown, with small corners, gilt and black fillets, black lettering- and volume-pieces, spine with four flat raised bands richly decorated with large Romantic tools in blind and gilt, gilt rolls on bands and headcaps. Attractive marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to joints, one edge worn.
First edition.
Concerning notably H. de Rochefort, E. Drumont, G. Clémenceau, J. Verne...
Dampstains and worming to front board, worming to rear board, handsome interior condition virtually free of foxing.
Rare.
Fourth edition.
A very slight corner loss to the second cover, otherwise a handsome copy complete with the publisher's catalogue at the end.