Contes Apaches.

LOCARD, Edmund.

$1,800.00

Item Number: 140474

Lyon: Les Editions Lugdunum, 1933.

First edition of this work by the pioneer of forensic science. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Edmund Locard on the half-title page. In near fine condition, with the bookplate of the recipient to the front pastedown. Books signed by Edmund Locard are of the utmost rarity.

Edmund Locard was the pioneer in forensic science who became known as the "Sherlock Holmes of France". He formulated the basic principle of forensic science: "Every contact leaves a trace". This became known as Locard's exchange principle. In forensic science, Locard's principle holds that the perpetrator of a crime will bring something into the crime scene and leave with something from it, and that both can be used as forensic evidence. It is generally understood as "with contact between two items, there will be an exchange."