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VIDOCQ Francois Eugene
M�moires de Vidocq chef de la Police de Surete jusqu'en 1827.
Paris: Tenon 1828-29. First edition 4 vols. 8vo 210 x 135 mm 12 viii 420; 462; 434; 420pp. signed by Vidocq in the first three volumes as called for engraved frontispiece portrait in fourth volume near contemporary full tan gold calf central gilt blocked arms of the 3rd Earl of Clare to both upper and lower cover of each volume spines gilt extra edges red with some minor rubbing otherwise a fine set. Eugene Vidocq 1775-1857 adventurer and detective who helped create the "secret police" in France and considered the father of modern criminology. Dismissed in 1832 for a theft that he allegedly organised Vidocq had created a private police agency police de s�ret� the prototype of modern detective agencies. Known all over France as a remarkably audacious man Vidocq was a friend of such authors as Victor Hugo Honor� de Balzac Eug�ne Sue and Alexandre Dumas p�re. Several works were published under Vidocq's name but it is doubtful that he wrote any of them. The figure of Vidocq is believed to have inspired Balzac's creation of the criminal genius Vautrin one of the most vivid characters to appear in his novelistic series La Com�die humaine The Human Comedy. Provenance: Fitzgibbon Richard Hobart 3rd Earl of Clare 1793 - 1864; From the residual library of Charles Butler 1821-1910 Warren Wood in Hatfield Hertfordshire. The majority of the library was sold at Sotheby's London on 5 April 1911. Paris: Tenon, 1828-29 unknown
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