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The will of Louis the Sixteenth, late king of France / written by himself = Testament de Louis Seize, ci-devant roi de France / ecrit par lui.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
- Standardized Title:
- Testament de Louis XVI. English & French
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
- Louis.
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
- France.
- History.
- Genre:
- Broadsides -- England -- London -- 18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : portrait ; 57 x 39 cm
- Other Title:
- Testament de Louis Seize, ci-devant roi de France
- Fingerprint:
- G.l. t.r. d)2. e,e. (S) 1793 (Q)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed at the Minerva Press, for William Lane ... and sold by E. Harlow, bookseller ..., [1793?]
- Language Note:
- Parallel English and French titles and text.
- Notes:
- Broadside.
- Text begins: In the Name of the most Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, this 21st Day of December, 1792. ... Au Nom de la très Sainte Trinité, du Père, du Fils & du Saint Esprit, aujourd'hui 21me, jour de Decembre, 1792.
- Engraved portrait of Louis XVI at head of title signed: Stevenson delin. Barlow sculp.
- Woodcut signatures ("Louis" and "Baudrais") at foot of sheet.
- Engraved portrait, title and text within double-ruled border; imprint (without braces) in tail margin.
- "Price one shilling."
- Not in Blakey. Not to be identified with ESTC T52503, which records braces in imprint.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward P. Mally, W'83 and Julia Lang Mally, W'83 Endowment for Rare Books and Manuscripts Collections.
- Penn Libraries copy has ms. inscription ("WL") in brown ink in tail margin of recto of sheet and head margin of verso of sheet; largely illegible armorial stamp ("[...]TENBERG") on verso of sheet.
- Penn Libraries copy has a few small tears in head margin.
- OCLC:
- 61071300
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