first edition
1836 · S.l. (Switzerland)
by [Anonymous]
S.l. (Switzerland): s.n., 1836. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. 24 pp., complete with the spectacular triple-page folding lithograph plate (image size: 310 x 217 mm; 1" paper repair at one fold). Spine covered with thin strip of contemporary marbled paper (as is the only other copy we have seen [now in a private collection in Canada], and probably issued thusly by the printer). Preserved in excellent state. "SUICIDE, SUICIDES, POLITICS, AND A PACT WITH THE DEVIL." THIS MACABRE PAMPHLET - ISSUED ANONYMOUSLY - CONTAINS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE ONLY ILLUSTRATION OF A POLITICAL SUICIDE OCCASIONED BY "DEVILRY," WHILE A MAIN POINT OF THE TEXT IS THAT CENTRIST (truncated)