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Excerpt from Memoires de Vidocq, Vol. 2: Chef de la Police de Surete Jusqu'en 1827, Ensuite Proprietaire Et Fabricant de Papiers A Saint-Mande
Un etranger de marque venait - ii visiter la Capi tale, vite M. Le lieutenant-general mettait a ses trous ses la fleur des filous, et une recompense honnete etait promise a celui d'entre eux qui serait assez adroit pour lui voler sa montre ou quelque autre bijou de grand prix. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.