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The Tragedy of Louis Capet : Being a true and authentic narrative of the horrid and barbarous execution of the late unfortunate monarch, Louis XVIth of France, who was beheaded, on the twenty-first of January, 1793, conformable to a decree of the National Convention on suspicion of treason.

Other author/creatorMarie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793.
Format Book and Microform
Publication Info[Boston] : Printed [by Ezekiel Russell] next the venerable stump of Liberty-Tree, for J. Plumer, Jun. trader, of Newbury-port. [Price 2s. and 8d. per dozen and four pence single.], [1793]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 26271
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 26271. ^A478749
General noteEzekiel Russell printed at this address in Boston in 1793.
General noteWith relief cuts flanking title.
General noteIncludes also three poems: Occasioned by the death of Louis XVIth; On the decolation of Louis 16; and The Queen's lamentation for the death of her beloved Louis.
General noteREADEX NOTE: Also filmed as Evans 22943, apparently a ghost of one of the 1793 editions.
References Evans 26271
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2700
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 26271).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formPoems 1793.

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 26271 ✔ Available