FROMENT. La Police dévoilée, depuis la Restauration, et not - Lot 426

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FROMENT. La Police dévoilée, depuis la Restauration, et not - Lot 426
FROMENT. La Police dévoilée, depuis la Restauration, et notamment sous Messieurs Franchet et Delavau. By M. Froment, ex-chef de brigade du cabinet particulier du Préfet. Paris, Lemonnier, 1829; 3 vol. in-8. VIII-LII-379 pp. 2 ff.-420 pp. 2 ff.-391 pp. half brown basane, ornate smooth spines. Marbled edges. Some brown spots. First complete edition in 3 volumes. The first gives a brief history of the police since Louis IX, then discusses several cases or abuses of the police (the Louvel, Gravier and Bouton affair, the arrest of General Huchet de La Bédoyère, the surveillance of Talleyrand). The second part is mainly devoted to police provocations and the Cabinet Noir. The last part describes several cases of corruption by officers of the vice department...
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