Louis xv

1757 · 39532 — N. P. Paris 1757. Pp. 1-4. 1 vols. 4to. Disbound stitchmarks some minor discoloration else very good. Pp. 1-4. 1 vols. 4to. Part of the investigation following the execution of Robert-François Damien nicknamed "Robert le Diable" for the attempted assassination of Louis XV le Bien-Aimé. The second piece issued by Ysabeau.¶ The 5th of January 1757 Robert-François Damiens stabbed King Louis XV. The wound bled profusely and the King who feared he was dying made his confessions for his life of vice. Fearing that Damiens was working for the British or the Jesuits he was horribly tortured with red-hot pincers boiling oil molten lead and wax poured into his wounds. He still maintained that he was working on his own and had intended only to scare the King. He was presented to the nation as a monster Voltaire described him as "Le monstre est un chien qui aura entendu aboyer quelques chiens Enquêtes et qui aura pris la rage." He was condemned the 28 March and in the Place de Grève he was publicly tortured his body torn into pieces by horses and his still-living trunk burned on a large pyre with the ashes spread to the wind. The execution was a major spectacle for the city drawing large crowds. His house was destroyed and his family forced to change their name and leave the country. Robert le Diable. <br/><br/> unknown