BIZARD, Léon. Histoire de la Prison Saint-Lazare. Du Moyen-Â - Lot 148

BIZARD, Léon. Histoire de la Prison Saint-Lazare. Du Moyen-Âge à nos Jours. Published in Paris by de Broccard in 1925. One volume, in folio format. Mahogany chagrin. Spine ribbed. Covers preserved. XV+278 pages, 42 illustrated plates. Some pencil underlining, otherwise good condition. Very fine edition on the history of the Saint-Lazare prison "In turn leper house, convent, reformatory, insane asylum, revolutionary prison, women's prison, hospital for venereal women, Saint-Lazare recalls a gloomy and painful past" (foreword by the author). The plates reproduce phototypes of engravings, paintings, period documents and drawings by Albert Morand and Jane Chapon. Very interesting, handsome binding.