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The French inquisition; or, The history of the Bastille in Paris, the state-prison in France; in which is an account of the manner of the apprehending of persons sent thither; and of the barbarous usage they meet with there. As also an account of the lewd lives and strange adventures of several prisoners, but more particularly of some priests /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Renneville, Constantin de, approximately 1650-1723
Other Authors: Firth, C. H. (Charles Harding), 1857-1936
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translation of the first vol. only of the original L'inquisition françoise; ou, L'histoire de la Bastille
Published: London : A. Bell, .. T. Varnham, and J. Osborne, ... and J. Baker, 1715.
Subjects:
Bastille > Early works to 1800.
Prisoners > France > History > 18th century.
Prisoners > France > Early works to 1800.
Bastille.
1715.
Bookseller's advertisements > England > London > 1715.
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Description
Item Description:Signatures: A2 B-X8 Y2.
Head-piece; initial.
Title within a double-ruled border.
A variant has "Osborn" in the imprint.
With a final leaf of advertisements.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:2 preliminary leaves, 322 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm