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[PARIS] Le Rideau levé ou Coup d'œil général sur les prisons de Paris, offrant un grand nombre d'anecdotes sur les prisonniers de toutes classes qui y ont été détenus depuis vingt ans Paris: Laurent-Beaupré, 1815. - In-16, havane calf, cold-stamped roulette and black fillet framing the boards, small gilt fleuron at the corners, ornate spine, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges (Thouvenin-jeune). First edition of this singular collection of anecdotes about Paris prisons, which remained anonymous. It is illustrated with a handsome engraved frontispiece. A precious copy bound in the period for Auguste-Simon-Louis Bérard (1783-1859), member of the Société des Bibliophiles français, by Thouvenin jeune, enriched with the original signed drawing of the frontispiece. A note pasted on the first lining states that the copy was sold at the Bérard sale in 1829 for 26 francs to Simier. (Fragile hinges. Scattered brown spots). Provenance : Auguste-Simon-Louis Bérard (1829, no. 2056). - Simier.
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