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Cadiz [Spain]: En la Imprenta de Don Antonio Murguia, Plazuela de Correo, (1793)., (1793).. Very good. - Small quarto [7 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide], printed self-wraps, removed by a previous owner from a larger collection of pamphlets. 11 pages plus 1 blank with a decorative rule above the first page of text. The edges of the title & the rear blank are slightly darkened & there is some light staining to the title. The bottom corners of the last 3 leaves are creased. Very good. An impassioned denunciation of the French for their execution of Louis XVI. The French king was killed in December 1792. The text is in Spanish.Jean Charles de Coucy [1746-1824] was a refugee in Spain during the French revolution [1792-1814]. He was made bishop of La Rochelle in 1789, but because of his strongly pro-monarchical views, he was soon exiled to Spain where he resided in Guadalajara. In 1801 he refused the Pope's request for his resignation, thus contributing to a schism in the lower church. He became one of… Read More