HARTSHORNE, Albert. *Hanging in Chains*. - Lot 174

HARTSHORNE, Albert. *Hanging in Chains*. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Small 8vo, publisher’s binding in cream vellum, smooth spine with black title, title repeated on the upper cover and adorned with a black-and-white illustration of “Pirate’s Chains,” publisher’s mark on the lower cover, black top edge, untrimmed. XIII and 120 pp., frontispiece and ten full-page black-and-white plates. In English. Stains on the binding, one loose plate, water damage on pages 2 through 7. First edition of this historical study devoted to the practice of “gibbeting” in England, namely the public display of a condemned person’s body after execution. This practice, which was more cruel than deterrent, was abolished in 1834. Albert Hartshorne (1839–1910), an archaeologist and historian specializing in medieval antiquities and the social history of England, served as secretary of the Royal Archaeological Institute. In good condition.