DAMIENS. - Original documents and proceedings of the trial, made to Robert-François Damiens, both in the Provost of the Hotel and in the Court of Parliament. Paris, Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1757. In-4, marbled calf, double cold fillet, ornamented spine, red and lemon title-pieces, red speckled edges (Binding of the period).
Original edition in-4.
Collection of the documents of the trial of the famous aggressor of Louis XIV, gathered by André Le Breton, criminal clerk at the Parliament of Paris.
EXAMPLE IN A PRETTY EARLY BINDING, the spine decorated with a repeated iron bird, complete with the Supplement (57 pages) and the Relation de l'exécution de Damiens faite le lundi 28 mars 1757 (10 pages).
Marginal staining to a few leaves. A modern title piece.
Corners restored, one damaged.
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