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A short historical account of the guillotine; or beheading machine: by which the Late King of France suffered, and which is now exhibiting at the Great Rooms, No. 28, Hay-market.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Twiss, Richard, 1747-1821.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Guillotine--Early works to 1800.
Guillotine.
Genre:
Advertisements.
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 1/2⁰
Place of Publication:
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1793]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
The guillotine at 28 Haymarket was exhibited by Richard Twiss and the text is partly from a note to the chapter on the execution of two criminals in his 'A trip to Paris, in July and August, 1792'.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T192871.
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Restricted for use by site license.

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