(FRANCE) [Hogenberg Franz; artist] An early image of the St

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THE ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY MASSACRE (FRANCE.) [Hogenberg, Franz; artist.] An early image of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. Engraving, 10 3/4 x 14 inches; disbound, minor edge wear; contemporary printed caption mounted above image. Np, circa 1572

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Depicts the murder of the Huguenot leader Admiral Coligny by a Catholic mob in Paris. This is plate 33 from Hogenberg's third series of historical prints. It is captioned below with verses in German beginning "Hie ist zu sehen in was gestalt," and also bears a mounted caption in French laid down above the image.