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(CAPEL, ARTHUR, Earl of Essex.) Braddon, Lawrence. Essex's Innocency and Honour Vindicated; or, Murther, Subornation, Perjury, and Oppression, justly charg'd on the Murtherers of That Noble Lord and True Patriot, Arthur (late) Earl of Essex.As Proved before the Right Honourable (late) Committee of Lords, or ready to be Deposed. Folding engraved frontispiece depicting the crime scene. [8], 62 pages; lacks final blank. 4to, 200x161 mm, early 19th-century 1/2 calf, spine worn, chipped at top, front cover detached; occasional light soiling, blank lower margin of frontispiece excised and restored. London: Printed for the Author, 1690
first edition. While being held in the Tower of London for his involvement in the 1682 Rye House plot to assassinate King Charles II, Capel was found with his throat cut, and his death was ruled a suicide. Braddon sought to show through physical evidence that Capel was murdered. Wing B4101.
