Manners, customs, and dress during the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance period (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers and Son · leaf 497
PUNISHMENTS. 419 … Fig. 347. — Public Executions. — Fac-simfle of a Woodcut in the Latin Work of J. Millaus, " Praxis Criminis Persequcndi : " small folio, Parisiis, Simon de Colines, 1541. invention of the mechanical instrument, now known under the name of the guillotine, which is merely an improvement on a…
Middle Ages · Renaissance · Manners and customs · Costume
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