Early form of Guillotine.- [Bentley (William)] Halifax, and its Gibbet-Law Placed in a true light, engraved frontispiece, additional plate trimmed and pasted to final pastedown, spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, 12mo, Halifax, by P. Darby, for John Bentley, at Halifax, [1761].
⁂ An account of the guillotine-like device used by the town of Halifax to execute thieves, first used in 1286 and finally in 1650 but mentioned by Defoe in his Tour through the whole Island of Great Britain of 1724-27. The work includes 'Revenge upon Revenge: or, An Historical Narrative of the Tragical Practices of Sir John Eland, of Eland' with separate title.
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