Alexandre Dumas - Crimes célèbres - 1846-1847

Stunning four-volume set of this vast historical fresco devoted to some of the most sensational criminal cases in European history, from the Renaissance to modern times -

A police series before its time. For this collection of historical accounts devoted to famous criminals or victims, Dumas conducted extensive research. This series includes:

Volume II - 1846 - 314 pages: Mary Stuart (continued), The Marquis of Ganges
Volume III - 1846 - 316 pages: The Marquis of Ganges (continued), Murat, The Borgias
Volume IV - 1846 - 321 pages: The Borgias (continued), Urbain Grandier, Vaninka
Volume V - 1846 - 321 pages: Massacres of the South -

Through a series of independent yet thematically linked narratives on crime and its consequences, Dumas explores human passions in their most violent and destructive forms, whether political ambition, jealousy, revenge, greed, religious fanaticism, or struggles for power -

The author does not merely report judicial facts; he reconstructs with remarkable dramatic sense the historical, social, and psychological contexts that led to the events, turning each case into a true human drama -

Alexandre Dumas - Famous Crimes - 1846/1847 - Volumes II, III, IV and V - Missing Volume I - Library Administration -
[2] ff., 318 pp., [1] f.; [2] ff., 314 pp., [1] f. – [2] ff., 316 pp., [1] f.; [2] ff., 321 pages.

Very good condition of bindings, volumes in their original half-simulated leather, marble boards, light signs of wear, some minor defects on the covers, edges worn, smooth spine, gilded titles and pagination –

Good interior condition, foxing scattered (more pronounced on some leaves), text framed, volumes enriched with beautiful off-text engravings including a frontispiece, endpapers in good condition, pleasant overall -

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