Quelques faits remarquables d’infanticide

Lausanne: Corbaz, 1825. Lithographed plate. Contemporary marbled wrappers. A good copy in genuine original condition. First edition of this compilation of case studies of infanticide. The text begins with a pathological analysis of mothers who kill their children and the laws surrounding the crime in France, followed by seven narrative accounts of infanticide and their court proceedings. The plate at the beginning of the book portrays the perpetrator in the first case study.

OCLC locates only 2 copies in America (Kansas, NLM).