1016 - LESCOMBAT (Marie Catherine Toperet) - MONGEOT (J.L.L.). LOVE LETTERS OF MADAME LESCOMBAT AND SIEUR MONGEOT, OR THE STORY OF THEIR CRIMINAL LOVE AFFAIR.

LESCOMBAT (Marie Catherine Toperet) - MONGEOT (J.L.L.). LOVE LETTERS OF MADAME LESCOMBAT AND SIEUR MONGEOT, OR THE STORY OF THEIR CRIMINAL LOVE AFFAIR. The Hague and Paris, Cailleau, 1755. In-12, 79 pages, marbled calfskin, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). FIRST EDITION. Madame Lescombat, one of the most beautiful women of her time, was sentenced to be hanged and strangled for complicity in the murder of her husband alongside Louis Mongeot, her lover, who was also sentenced to have his arms, legs, thighs, and loins broken while still alive…. A unique copy in which the following documents concerning the case have been bound together: - Eulogy for Dame Toperet. 11 pages. - Letter from a Frenchman to an Englishman. 10 pages. - Reply from an Englishman to the letter from a Frenchman. 11 pages. - Letter from a Dutchman to a Parisian. 10 pages. - The Death of Lescombat. Tragedy. The Hague, 1755. [6]-47 pages. - The two court rulings concerning the two convicted men. A rare collection related to the famous 18th-century criminal case. Edges rubbed. (Gay II, 810).