[CALVI (François de)]. General History of Thieves. — General - Lot 103

[CALVI (François de)]. General History of Thieves. — General Inventory of the History of Thieves. — Continuation of the Inventory and General History of Thieves. Rouen, Jean L'Oyselet, 1639. 3 parts in one in-8 volume, soft vellum, modern title on the spine (contemporary binding). A vivid account of the strange and bloody adventures of famous criminals in France since the reign of Henry IV, revealing the cruelty and wickedness of thieves, the tricks and subtleties of pickpockets, and the wiles, deceptions, and stratagems of swindlers. (Gay-Lemonnyer, vol. II, col. 564; Yve-Plessis, Bibliographie de l’argot, no. 68; Le Clère, no. 1362.) Viollet-le-Duc considered it, in his time, to be the most comprehensive work on the subject. Modern bookplate by Robert J. Hayhurst. Light foxing; small tear with loss of text at the bottom of folio E1.

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