Lot n° 392
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Honoré Antoine Fregier, Dangerous Population Classes in Big - Lot 392
Honoré Antoine Fregier, Dangerous Population Classes in Big Cities, and ways to make them better. Awarded in 1838 by the Institut de France. A Paris, chez J.-B. Baillière, 1840. 2 vol. in-8 of XI-435 pp. and 32-4 pp. (Baillière catalogue); (4)-527-(1) pp., half brown basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt filets, black calf title pieces (contemporary binding). First edition. "This work contains documents and moral traits that make the dangerous and miserable classes that exist in the city of Paris, and in the other capitals of the civilized world well known; it also contains curious details on the role that intelligence plays in the depravity of the individuals that make up the vicious class of society" (Quérard). Kress, C.5176; Einaudi, 2293; Palgrave, 27709. Very good copy despite freckles.
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