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The life of a famous and notorious French bandit

[CHAPBOOK - DUTCH].
't Leven van den waereld-berugten kapitein der moordenaren, Louis Dominique de Cartouche. Behelsende een verhaal van desselfs af-komst, opvoeding, ongehoorde gaauwdieveryen, gevangen-neeming, verwonderens-waardige uitbreeking der gevankenis, zeldsame verdediging en en (sic!) daar op gevolgde bekeering en executie binnen de stad van Parys. Uit het Fransch vertaald.

With 10 full-page woodcut plates.

With 10 full-page woodcut plates.

With 10 full-page woodcut plates.

With 10 full-page woodcut plates.

With 10 full-page woodcut plates.



De tiende druk, van nieuws geçorrigeert en van fouten gesuyvert. Zynde verçierd met fraije nieuw ge Amst., A. Goejet, 1787. Sm. 8vo. Orig. boards. With 10 full-page woodcut plates. (8), 117, (1 blank) pp.

Tenth edition already of the chapbook version in Dutch of the life and crimes of the famous Paris brigand Cartouche. Buisman lists a dozen editions within a century, all very rare. The book is attractively illustrated with 10 large woodcuts, which are often lacking.

Good, uncut copy.- (Frontispiece-portrait and 1 leaf of text, pp. 39-40, lacking; front cover loose).
Buisman 1368; Muller 508; De Vries 340; Boekenoogen L 18306; Sale Cat. Coll. Buisman 993; Buijnsters, Levens beruchte Personen, p. 36; cf. Cat. Van Rijn 986 (5th ed. Dordrecht, 1743).


Related Subjects: 18th Century  Criminology  Dutch  Piracy 

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