The life, trial, and execution of his most Christian majesty Louis the XVIth, late king of France and Navarre, who was executed at Paris, January 21, 1793, by his own subjects.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barker, Robert, active 1790-1792, bookseller.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793--Death and burial--Early works to 1800.

Louis.

Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793--Trials, litigation, etc--Early works to 1800.

France--Politics and government--1789-1799--Early works to 1800.

France.

Penn Provenance:

Gow, Alexander, 1799-1877 (autograph) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Barratt(?), Arthur (autograph) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Searle, John (autograph) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Physical Description:

62 pages : 1 illustration ; 19 cm (8vo)

Fingerprint:

n.ud inwo y.e- melo (7) 1793 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Robert Barker, no. 6, Hatton-Yard, Hatton-Garden ..., MDCCXCIII [1793]

Notes:

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-G⁴ H².

Woodcut illustration.

"[Price one shilling.]"--Title leaf.

Local Notes:

Singer-Mendenhall copy bound with: The fatal curiosity. Liverpool : Printed by W. Nevett and Co. in Prince's-Street for O. Adams, the proprietor, MDCCLXVII [1767].

Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2023 from Bernard Quaritch.

Singer-Mendenhall copy has autograph ("Alexander Gow Wolverhampton") of Alexander Gow (1799-1877) on front pastedown; autograph ("Arthur Barratt[?] Wolverhampton AB") on front pastedown.

Singer-Mendenhall copy has dated 18th-century autograph ("John Searle 1793") at head of frontispiece illustration, title leaf, and leaf [A]3r.

OCLC:

24495479