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Eye-witness to the guillotine death of Marie Antoinette...
Eye-witness to the guillotine death of Marie Antoinette...
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November 01, 1798
GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, November, 1798 Inside has an interesting letter which begins: "I was an eye-witness of the death of Marie Antoinette. The accounts given of that melancholy event are generally true. She was dressed in a white dimity jacket & petticoat..." with much more detail including: "...Her head was shown to the people, of whom I think 20,000 were assembled; it was then thrown into the basket with her body..." (see).
Near the back are news reports including over half a page headed: "America" with much on the yellow fever epidemic (see).
Included are both full page plates of churches called for.
Complete in 88 pages, 5 by 8 inches, full title/contents page with an engraving of St. John's Gate.
A very nice magazine from the "mother country". This was the first periodical to use the word "magazine" in its title, having begun in 1731 and lasting until 1907.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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