Author: Maillard, Firmin.
Title: Le Gibet de Montfaucon. (Etude Sur le Vieux Paris). Gibets. Echelles. Piloris. Marques de Haute Justice. Droit D'Aisile. Les Forches Patibulaires de Montfaucon. Documents Historiques. Description. La Legende Des Supplicies. Scenes de la Derniere Heure.
Description: Paris: Auguste Aubry, Editeur, 1863. 1863. - Octavo, original wrappers bound in marbled paper covered boards backed with orange cloth with a gilt-lettered leather label on the spine. The binding is bumped & rubbed & the original wraps are darkened. Half-title, title & 106 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. There is occasional light foxing & the edges of the pastedowns & endpapers are darkened. Very good.

First edition, limited to 500 copies. The text is in French. Very good .

Keywords: LAW; HISTORY; FRANCE; PARIS; PUNISHMENT; EXECUTION; LE GIBET DE MONTFAUCON; GIBBET; PILLORY; STOCKS; SCAFFOLD; RIGHT OF ASYLUM; FIRMIN MAILLARD; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; LIMITED EDITION; ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE.

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