Four French adventurers (from the Causes celebres) / by Stoddard Dewey
1912, First Edition (?). London : Thomas Nelson & Sons, [1912?]. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 396 pages; Physical description. : v, 396 p. , [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. Notes: "Illustrations from Armand Fouquier's penny numbers, 1859." Contents: Ingenious Monsieur Collet -- Pontis de Sainte-Helene, Count or convict? -- The stormy life of Charles of Navarre -- Louis and Anna de Marsilly's historical romance -- Notes. I. The Causes ce´le`bres and the documents in the cases -- II. History's time-table from 1774 to 1840. Subject: Crime - France. Criminals - France. Item #212363
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