Les voleurs, physiologie de leurs moeurs et de leur langage. Ouvrage qui dévoile les ruses de tous les fripons, et destiné à devenir le Vade mecum de tous les honnêtes gens

First edition.
Some small foxing.
Binding half red sheepskin, smooth back adorned with gilded arabesques, black titan title piece, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, marbled slices, Contemporary binding.
Illustrated book, frontispiece of the first volume, a portrait of Eugène-François Vidocq by Eugène Déveria.
Handwritten signature of Eugène-François Vidocq below his portrait.
Our copy is exceptionally enriched with 5 flyers of the agency Vidocq.