Massacre of the French king! : view of la guillotine, or the modern beheading machine, at Paris, by which the unfortunate Louis XVI (late King of France) suffered on the scaffold, January 21st, 1793

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Title: Massacre of the French king! : view of la guillotine, or the modern beheading machine, at Paris, by which the unfortunate Louis XVI (late King of France) suffered on the scaffold, January 21st, 1793
Contributor: Lane, William, -1814, publisher, bookseller.
France. Convention nationale.
Minerva Press, printer.
Published / Created: [1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed at the Minerva Office, for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street, and sold wholesale at one guinea per hundred and And retail by every bookseller, stationer, &c. in England, Scotland and Ireland
Abstract: Minerva Press broadside detailing the unfortunate end of Louis XVI on the guillotine, January 21, 1793 in Paris. The broadside includes a woodcut illustration of a man lying face down waiting for the blade of the guillotine to drop; the decree of the French National Convention authorizing the execution of "Louis Capet;" descriptions of his execution and of the guillotine--"the modern beheading machine"--and a few anecdotes indicating "that for some time [the king] had been expecting his fate."
Description: One of several variants; in this edition, the text of the second column begins with the words: "middle of the square, directly facing the gate of the garden of the Tuileries..." See also English short title catalogue, nos. T194096 and T039027.
Caption title.
Text printed in two columns; text and illustration within double-ruled black border.
"Price three-pence."
"Where may be had an exact and authenticated copy of his will, price one-penny"--Lower margin.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Jarndyce; November 2022.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] page) : 47 x 34 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English