Description: A collection of stories about French prisons published in MexicoCrimenes cometidos en las prisiones de Francia. Obra ilustrada con grabados de los mejores artistas [Two volumes] Author: [Dumas, Alexandre (père)] Title: Crimenes cometidos en las prisiones de Francia. Obra ilustrada con grabados de los mejores artistas [Two volumes] Publication: Mexico: Imprenta de I. Cumplido, 1874 Description: Hardcover. A rather curious book. Published a few years after the emperor Maximilian I, who hade been installed by the French, was deposed and executed, I originally thought this was bit of anti-French propaganda. The catalog of the Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico (edited by José Vigil, 1890) attributes the book to the French journalist Clément Bertie-Marriott. However, it turns out to be a reprint of an 1855 book from the same publishers, issued under the title Las prisiones del estado, published in 1855.The two volumes collect five long histories of French prisons. The three pieces in the second volume all turn out to be unattributed bootlegs of Alexandre Dumas (père) novels. I was unable to identify the source of the chapter on the Bastille, in volume one. The second part of volume one is Camille Leynadier's Le donjon de Vincennes.viii, 258, 270 pages. Good. Good copies in typically Mexican quarter-leather bindings of the period. Heavily worn at the edges. Seller ID: 307663 Subject: LATIN AMERICA, Mexico Downtown Brown Books has been selling on eBay since 1998. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), the International Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), and the Cascade Booksellers Association (CBA), and we adhere to their codes of ethics. Condition grading is done in compliance with IOBA's published standards. Terms All orders ship within one business day. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Author: Dumas, Alexandre (père
Publisher: Imprenta de I. Cumplido
Year Printed: 1874
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
