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French penal colonies: history, types, and mysteries

Original title : Bagnes History, Types, Walls, Mysteries 1845
  • 1845
  • 26 x 17 cm
  • 468 p.
  • Illustrated

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Les Bagnes by Maurice ALHOY. Illustrated edition. Paris: Gustave Havard, 1845. In-4° (26 x 17 cm), [2], IV & 468 pages. Half-leather binding (damaged). Illustrated with captioned wood engravings, some in color, and numerous text illustrations. Original compositions signed by Jules Noël, Bertall, Eustache Lorsay, Ange-Louis Janet dit Janet-Lange, Rambert, Louis-Henri de Rudder. First edition. Features detailed accounts of Rochefort,…

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Date
1845
Format
26 x 17 cm
Pagination
468 p.
Illustrations
Illustrated

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Les Bagnes by Maurice ALHOY. Illustrated edition. Paris: Gustave Havard, 1845. In-4° (26 x 17 cm), [2], IV & 468 pages. Half-leather binding (damaged). Illustrated with captioned wood engravings, some in color, and numerous text illustrations. Original compositions signed by Jules Noël, Bertall, Eustache Lorsay, Ange-Louis Janet dit Janet-Lange, Rambert, Louis-Henri de Rudder. First edition. Features detailed accounts of Rochefort, Toulon, and Brest penal establishments, statistical tables on prisoner counts, escapes, revenues and expenses from the Toulon penal colony, and analysis of crime in France.

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Bagnes History, Types, Walls, Mysteries 1845

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Les Bagnes History, types, walls, mysteries by Maurice Alhoy Illustrated edition.

1845 Paris: Gustave Havard, 1845. In-4° 26 x 17 cm., [2], IV & 
468 pp., half-leather binding (damaged), illustrated with captioned inserts engraved on wood, some of which are in color, and numerous illustrations in the text. Compositions signed Jules Noël, Bertall, Eustache Lorsay, Ange-Louis Janet dit Janet-Lange, Rambert, Louis-Henri de Rudder.
 Original edition. (Rochefort, Toulon and Brest), statistical tables on the number of prisoners, escapes, revenues and expenses from the Toulon penal colony, an analysis of crime in France

Les Bagnes History, types, walls, mysteries by Maurice Alhoy Illustrated edition. 1845 Paris: Gustave Havard, 1845. In-4° 26 x 17 cm., [2], IV &  468 pp., half-leather binding (damaged), illustrated with captioned inserts engraved on wood, some of which are in color, and numerous illustrations in the text. Compositions signed Jules Noël, Bertall, Eustache Lorsay, Ange-Louis Janet dit Janet-Lange, Rambert, Louis-Henri de Rudder.  Original edition. (Rochefort, Toulon and Brest), statistical tables on the number of prisoners, escapes, revenues and expenses from the Toulon penal colony, an analysis of crime in France
 

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