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Prince of forgers
- Title
- Prince of forgers / [translated from the original French by] Joseph Rosenblum.
- Author
- Bordier, Henri Léonard, 1817-1888.
- Publication
- New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 1998.
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- Description
- xiii, 202 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Prince of Forgers is the true story about one of history's most audacious frauds and of the trial that exposed the most colossal literary crime ever perpetrated on learned men. Vrain-Denis Lucas was a self-educated peasant who shook the foundations of the French Academy of Sciences. As a patriot and lover of history, Lucas created over 27,000 forgeries and tried to change the course of French destiny.
- After fifteen years of scholarly but spurious activity, Lucas' recklessness and disdain for credibility reached new heights as he began writing autographed letters by Mary Magdalene, Cleopatra, and Alexander the Great, in modern French, and selling them for thousands of francs. Professor Rosenblum's long-awaited translation of this French forgery classic is a must-read for any collector interested in the darker side of literary history.
- Uniform Title
- Fabrique de faux autographes, ou, Récit de l'affaire Vrain Lucas. English
- Alternative Title
- Fabrique de faux autographes, ou, Récit de l'affaire Vrain Lucas.
- Forging of false autographs, or, An account of the affair Vrain Lucas
- Subjects
- Note
- Translation of: Une fabrique de faux autographes, ou, Récit de l'affaire Vrain Lucas / par Henri Bordier et Emile Mabille.
- An illustration of the original 1870 French title page and an English translation title page are found on pages 192-193.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 1884718515 (hc)
- LCCN
- 98014515
- OCLC
- ocm38519120
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries