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[Jacobite Rebellion]. Shepheard, James [d. 1718] - The DYING SPEECH Of JAMES SHEPHEARD: Who Suffer'd Death at Tyburn, March the 17th, 1717/18. Deliver'd by him to the Sheriff, at the Place of Execution

Title: The DYING SPEECH Of JAMES SHEPHEARD: Who Suffer'd Death at Tyburn, March the 17th, 1717/18. Deliver'd by him to the Sheriff, at the Place of Execution
Description: [London]: , 1718. 1st printing (ESTC N498380). Broadside, printed recto only. Complete printed text supplied on request. Printed text in one column, with last line reading, "in his Declaration." Signed in type. 32.1 cm x 17 cm. Faint horizontal fold lines. Trimmed, though with text unaffected. A VG copy. Shepheard a London coach painter's apprentice who threatened, in a letter, to assassinate George II. Known in 5 different editions, all quite rare, with this one recorded in 4 cc [3 in the National Library of Scotland & one at Harvard].

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Price: US$ 1094.50 Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA
- Book number: 36971

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