[Eight plates of vignettes of torture methods.]
[Anon., c.1650.]
Eight etchings, each sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed inside platemark, a few tears and repairs. Damaged.
Illustrations of a range of bizarre and sadistic torture techniques, including: tying geese to a minister's body and setting dogs upon him; burning a victim's stomach 'till their Bowels fell out'; flaying victims 'with the Clawes of wild Beasts'; the removal of a victim's heart 'which the Papists gnawed with their teeth'; crushing victims beneath lead weights; and sewing victims in the skins of wild animals and setting 'great dogges' upon them;
[Ref: 47990] £560.00
Eight etchings, each sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed inside platemark, a few tears and repairs. Damaged.
Illustrations of a range of bizarre and sadistic torture techniques, including: tying geese to a minister's body and setting dogs upon him; burning a victim's stomach 'till their Bowels fell out'; flaying victims 'with the Clawes of wild Beasts'; the removal of a victim's heart 'which the Papists gnawed with their teeth'; crushing victims beneath lead weights; and sewing victims in the skins of wild animals and setting 'great dogges' upon them;
[Ref: 47990] £560.00