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232 - France—Illustration of the extremely dangerous murderous knife or dagger with which His Majesty Louis XV, King of France, was to be killed—the weapon which the wicked murderer Pierre Damien used to carry out this regicide and with which he was about to carry out the deed. This occurred in the year 1757 between the 5th and 6th of January, at a quarter past six in the evening, as the King was about to board his carriage and set out for Trianon. Single-sheet copperplate engraving by Johann Martin Will with 3 illustrations and text. Augsburg, Will, ca. 1757. 20 x 32 cm. Folded.
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France—Illustration of the extremely dangerous murderous knife or dagger with which His Majesty Louis XV, King of France, was to be killed—the weapon which the wicked murderer Pierre Damien used to carry out this regicide and with which he was about to carry out the deed. This occurred in the year 1757 between the 5th and 6th of January, at a quarter past six in the evening, as the King was about to board his carriage and set out for Trianon. Single-sheet copperplate engraving by Johann Martin Will with 3 illustrations and text. Augsburg, Will, ca. 1757. 20 x 32 cm. Folded. Rosenthal Cat. 89 1928—A rare contemporary leaflet about the assassination attempt and the subsequent punishment. Detailed description of the dagger, brief biography of the assassin, and details of the execution. The assassin, Robert François Damiens, was tortured, then quartered and burned. It was one of the most gruesome executions of modern times and the last of its kind in France. — Tanned and with minor tears. *
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