Adolphe Guillot - Paris qui souffre - 1887

Adolphe Guillot — Paris qui souffre — Original edition, 1887 — Manuscript inscription

Adolphe Guillot, Paris qui souffre. The low dungeon of the Grand Châtelet and the modern morgues, with a preface by Ernest Daudet.

Paris, P. Rouquette, bookseller-editor, 1887.

Original illustrated edition with a frontispiece, vignettes, decorative initials and tailpieces. The imprint indicates: “for the first time on the thirtieth of October eighteen hundred eighty-six”, by Charles Hérissey, in Évreux.

Copy bearing on a flyleaf the handwritten note “hommage de l’auteur”, followed by a signature attributed to Adolphe Guillot, without certificate of authenticity.

Old half green morocco binding, spine with five nerves, author and title gilded. Boards and endpapers in marbled paper.

Historical study devoted to the low jail of the Grand Châtelet and the Parisian morgues, addressing judicial practices, identification of bodies and forensic medicine.

Condition: interior overall well preserved, paper slightly yellowed and some foxing. Binding showing rubbing and small losses of leather at the heads and nerves; edges and corners worn. Old label on the rear cover. See the photographs to assess the copy’s condition.

Carefully packaged and protected shipment.