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DUBOIS, PREFECT OF POLICE OF PARIS. Imperial...

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DUBOIS, PREFECT OF POLICE OF PARIS. Imperial Almanac for the year 1810. 910 pages. Testu publisher in Paris. Bound in red morocco, decorated on the lats and borders with friezes and stamped with the large arms of Baron Louis Dubois. Spine decorated with eagle and bee friezes with title and year. Bears the bookplate of the Duc de Massa. 21 x 12 cm. A.B.E. DUBOIS, Louis Nicolas Pierre Joseph - January 20, 1758 Lille (Nord) - December 25, 1847 Paris. State Councillor for life, Prefect of Police of Paris Count of the Empire "Dexter azure, a saltire sable alaisé under the franc-quartier of counts conseillers d'État; sinister gules semé of fourteen violets placed 2, 3, 4, 3, 2 surmounted by a greyhound passant in chief, all argent." Bibliography: Jean Claude COLRAT, "Armorial impérial", Arcades Ambo, Paris-Nice, 2023.