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The life and adventures of Louis Dominique Cartouche

[CHAPBOOK - GERMAN].
Leben und Thaten Des Welt-berüchtigten Spitzbuben Louis Dominique Cartouche, und seiner Cammeraden, Sammt Deren ganszen Process, End-Urtheil, und Execution.

With engraved portrait on title, showing Cartouche, elegantly dressed, holding a pistol in his hand.



II. Edition, aufs neue übersehen, und an einigen Orten vermehrt. Nach dem wahren Pariser Exemplar übersetzt, 1722. 4to. Wrappers. With engraved portrait on title, showing Cartouche, elegantly dressed, holding a pistol in his hand. 69, (1) pp.

Rare early German chapbook edition containing the life and notorious exploits of the famous and daring French brigand, also including the account of his trial and execution, which took place at Paris in 1721, when Cartouche was only 28 years old. At the very day of his execution the first theatre-play on Cartouche, written by Legrand, was performed at Paris, and for more than a century stories of Cartouche's life and adventures were published in almost every European language.

Good uncut copy.- (Sl. dog-eared).

Related Subjects: 18th Century  Criminology  German  Piracy  Theatre 

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