[Rarebooks] Rape, Witchcraft, and Mob Violence

[Joe Luttrell]

May we offer,

[RAPE, WITCHCRAFT, AND MOB VIOLENCE].  A Briefe Description of
the Notorious Life Of John Lambe otherwise called Doctor Lambe.
Together with his Ignominious Death. Quarto.  Printed in
Amsterdam, 1628 [J. Sturt], London, 1810?.  Modern 1/4 calf over
marbled boards, some foxing and browning, else a very good copy;
with the title vignette depicting Lambe's brutal murder. PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=76633
							$ 650.00

The rare Sturt reissue of the sole contemporary work devoted to
the life (and death) of Lambe, long-time denizen of King's Bench
Prison, accused but acquitted of both witchcraft and rape, and
ultimately clubbed and stoned to death by a London mob.

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