New York: Julius D. Ichenhauser

1893

First Edition

Offered is an extraordinary and very rare 1893 copy of the Illustrated Catalogue of Torture Instruments. The instruments were collected on behalf of the Earl of Shrewbury. 652 separate instruments of torture are identified and, as this work includes 11 plates, many are also pictured. To name just a few:

Headsman’s Swords

Gallows Screws

Long Spiked Rollers

Iron Tongue tearers

Scold’s Collars

Copper Boots (to be filled with molten lead)

Leather Body Rings

Iron Masks

Pigheaded Iron Mask

Wooden Liar’s Knife

Iron Foot Pressers

Choking Ropes

Wrought-iron Pair of Braces

Thief Catchers

Torture Ladders

Foot Screws

Torture Wheels

Torture Cradles

Spanish ‘Donkeys’

Whipping Benchs