Alphonse Bertillon Lot n° 1

Signalement Descriptif Paris, Police Prefecture, ca 1889 First edition of what will become the printed manual of forensic identification, containing 10 pages and divided into three chapters, 1). Chromatic characteristics, 2). Morphological characteristics, 3). Overall character, the second chapter being illustrated with a multitude of photographs of bodily details, 280x120 mm, neutral cover bearing simply a stamp in mauve ink « identité judiciaire » and the number or date, loose leaf (expliciting fingerprints).