"The illuminated cover is printed in multiple colors and is signed by the Heliotype Printing Co., Boston. The interior B & W line work is probably also by them."--David A. Hanson documentation.
The Marquise de Brinvilliers was tried by the Parlement of Paris, 1676, for the murder of her father, Antoine Dreux d'Aubray and her two brothers and the attempted murder of her sister, Thérèse d'Aubray.
"This book narrates some half dozen cases on freedom with which the writer happened to be connected. They all occurred between the years 1922 and 1927 and have one common characteristic, fear." cf. p. xvi.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
A collection of "the most noteworthy claims which have been made either to honours or property, at home or abroad," and to "supply a reliable history of those which are entitled to rank as causes celebres."