Author: Purland, T. (comp.)
Title: The Araignment of John Selman
Description: London: Caulfield & Herbert, 1794. Wood engraving by an unknown artist, originally printed by W. H. for Thomas Archer in 1612. Announcement of the arraignment and execution of John Selman "for a Fellony by him committed in the Kings Chappell at White-Hall upon Christmas Day last, in the presence of the King and divers of the nobility." Image size: 159 x 93 mm. Sheet size: 253 x 162 mm. Full margins. Wove paper. Stamp verso: "J Mathews New & Secondhand Bookseller, Bristol." From scrapbook compiled by noted 19th c. British collector T. Purland in 1845. .

Keywords: Eccentrics, Freaks, Criminals


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