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Martyrdom of a French bookseller in Avignon: tied to the stake with books bound around his neck a man raises his hands toward heaven while a priest attends to him and a man stokes the fire of the pyre. Etching after D. Dodd, 1765.
- Dodd, Daniel
- Date:
- [1765?]
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- 43155i
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Credit: Martyrdom of a French bookseller in Avignon: tied to the stake with books bound around his neck a man raises his hands toward heaven while a priest attends to him and a man stokes the fire of the pyre. Etching after D. Dodd, 1765. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Publication/Creation
[London] : [J. Cooke], [1765?]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 16.7 x 10.7 cm
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A bookseller burnt at Avignon for selling bibles in the French tongue with some of them tied around his neck. Engraved for the Revd Dr Southwell's new book of martyrs. Dodd delin.
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 43155i
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- English
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