John Underwood - Rare and Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts

The newspaper is printed on both sides of four pages. Each of the eight pages is printed in three columns. There is part of the original tax stamp showing on the front page, and the paper is entirely original and in good tidy condition, with small nicks in the spine from disbinding. There is a good discussion of Sunday Newspapers on the front page, and a substantial section on Agricultural Distress. From "Frankfort" comes the account of the EXECUTION of Sandt "the assasin of Kotzbue ". A gruesome execution by beheading with a sabre. Handkerchiefs are dipped in the unfortunate victim's blood and the chair he is seated on is sold to a Society.A gruesome account, perhaps 8 column inches. There is also a good long piece on the back page on the adulteration of BEER. The culprit asks a publican if he would like to make three barrels of porter from two, and shows him a stone jar containing a compound of burnt sugar,chilli peppers , copperas ,and oil of vitriol amongst other things which he mixes with 18 gallons of water and finings.The Excise men lie in wait on a second occasion and capture the culprit, but he later decamps. A good story in this classic English newspaper in very tidy condition.

condition: Very Good +

jacket: None Issued

binding: Disbound