Le Cruel et Sanglant Assassin, Commis par Trois Brigands qui Ont...
An Unrecorded 1740 French Broadside Describing the Robbery and Torture of Two Religious Hermits [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [France]. Le Cruel et Sanglant Assassin, Commis par Trois Brigands qui Ont Brule les Pieds a Deux Hermites Dans Leur Hermitage. Paris: De L'Imprimerie de la Veuve Valleyre, Rue de la Huchette, 1740. 8-3/4" x 6" (22.22 x 15.24 cm) broadside, text in single column below headline. Light toning, small chip near upper right corner just touching headline, contemporary annotation between headline and text. $850. * This lurid broadside describes the robbery of two religious hermits, Brother Jean and Brother Michel, a ten-year-old boy, by three thieves. The hermits said they didn't have money. Believing they were lying, the thieves burned their feet to force them to confess where they hid it. Realizing eventually that they were telling the truth, the thieves resorted to stealing their food, wine and the few coins they were able to find. Brother Jean died from his wounds a few days later. The permission to print at the foot of the text is dated March 27, 1740. The annotation says the crime occurred at the beginning of that month. This broadside appears to be unrecorded. No copies listed on OCLC or the Catalogue Collectif de France.
Price: $850.00
Book number 85034