Anonyme - Histoire d'une détention de trente-neuf ans, Dans les prisons d'état - 1787

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An original 1787 French edition by Anonyme, Histoire d'une détention de trente-neuf ans, Dans les prisons d'état, 86 pages in demi cuir binding, a notable prison memoir for collectors.

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Rare original edition of this autobiographical or pseudo-autobiographical account that testifies to the prolonged prison experience of a prisoner confined for nearly four decades in the political dungeons of the Ancien Régime.

The work meticulously describes the material conditions of detention, deprivation of liberty, isolation, and the physical and moral suffering endured, while highlighting the harshness of penitentiary practices and the violence of state institutions.

The text presents itself as an implicit denunciation of abuses of power and excesses of monarchical arbitrariness, highlighting the fragility of individual rights in the face of the reason of the State.

Anonymous - History of a thirty-nine-year detention, In the state prisons - 1787 - In Amsterdam
86 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, the work in its half mottled brown calfskin from the period, marbled covers, slight signs of wear, rubbed headcaps and corners, gilt-edged pages, smooth spine richly decorated, gilt titling on a morocco inlay.

Good interior condition, browning, marbled endpapers in good condition.

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Rare original edition of this autobiographical or pseudo-autobiographical account that testifies to the prolonged prison experience of a prisoner confined for nearly four decades in the political dungeons of the Ancien Régime.

The work meticulously describes the material conditions of detention, deprivation of liberty, isolation, and the physical and moral suffering endured, while highlighting the harshness of penitentiary practices and the violence of state institutions.

The text presents itself as an implicit denunciation of abuses of power and excesses of monarchical arbitrariness, highlighting the fragility of individual rights in the face of the reason of the State.

Anonymous - History of a thirty-nine-year detention, In the state prisons - 1787 - In Amsterdam
86 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, the work in its half mottled brown calfskin from the period, marbled covers, slight signs of wear, rubbed headcaps and corners, gilt-edged pages, smooth spine richly decorated, gilt titling on a morocco inlay.

Good interior condition, browning, marbled endpapers in good condition.

Delivery service guaranteed within a few days.

Details

Number of Books
1
Subject
History, Law, Politics
Book Title
Histoire d'une détention de trente-neuf ans, Dans les prisons d'état
Author/ Illustrator
Anonyme
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1787
Edition
1st Edition
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
A Amsterdam
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Number of pages
86
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