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S.l.n.d. (c.1611). 8vo. 23 pages. Half vellum, flat spine, long red morocco label with vertical title (19th century binding). First Edition, extremely rare, of one of the two contemporary testimonies according to which Ravaillac had not acted alone and the assassination of Henry IV was the result of a conspiracy involving various personalities in the king's entourage. Jacqueline de Voyer d' Escoman was a chambermaid for the Marquise de Verneuil, who claimed that her mistress had agreed with the Duke of Epernon to commission the king's assassination. But the inaccuracies in her story, as well as her allegedly dubious morality, caused her version to be rejected and her conviction for defamation. "La d'Escoman fut donc emmurée: on lui bâtit, chez les Filles repenties, une cellule garnie d'un étroit grillage; effroyable châtiment qui la retranchait du monde des vivants" (Loiseleur). First page stained, but a good copy otherwise.