Author: Allen, William [ Sexby, Edward or Titus, Silius ] & Carpentier De Marigny, Jacques [translator] - Perrinchief, Richard & Philippon, Abbe [translator]
Title: Traicté Politique, Composé Par William Allen, Anglois, Et Traduit Nouvellement En François, Où Il Est Prouvé Par L'Example De Moyse, & Par D'Autres, Tirés Hors De L'escriture, Que Tuer Un Tyran Titulo Vel Exercitio, N'est Pas Un Meurtre [ bound with ] Agathocles Et Monk, Ou L'Art D'Abattre Et D Relever Les Trones
Description: no publisher stated, Lugduni [ ie Paris ] - Jacob L'Aîne, Rue Philosophie N°6, Orleans, 1658 [ ie 1793 ], 1st edition. Diced calf, VG. 172+[iv]+94pp, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, leather a little rubbed & upper hinge cracked but holding, Ex Libris Caroli Waldstein with their armorial bookplate, neat late 19th century annotation to the first blank, pages of the second title a little browned, a nice copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Two political tracts, published in France in the early days of the Republic, which look back to the English protectorate & the lessons to be learnt. The first is a translation of 'Killing Noe Murder' [1658] a pamphlet which advocates the assassination of Oliver Cromwell. Authorship has been attributed to either Edward Sexby or Silius Titus. Cromwell is considered a tyrant, equal to Caligula and Nero - the people must rise up & rid them selves of such a despot, and tyrannicide can not be regarded as an act of murder. The second work, published in 1797 is based upon the 'The Syracusan Tyrant, or the Life of Agathocles' by Richard Perrinchief, originally published in 1661, an attack on Oliver Cromwell presented as a biography of Agathocles. Both works probably relating to Thermidor & the the overthrow of revolutionary radical Maximilien Robespierre & a retreat from more radical goals and strategies during a revolution.

Keywords: politics, french revolution, french history, cromwell, english history