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Guillotin, Joseph.

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Guillotin, Joseph.
&#40;1738-1814&#41; French doctor who proposed the use of a mechanical device as a means of painless capital punishment; the guillotine was widely used during the French Revolution. Document Signed &#34;<I>Guillotin</I>&#34; as secretary to the National Assembly, on laid, watermarked paper, 1 p., 12½x8&#34;, Paris, 23 Feb. 1791. Fine. Concerning the employment, performance of duties and payment of several inspectors and their subordinates. Also signed by Lepeletier de SAINT-FARGEAU, who voted for Louis XVI&#39;s execution and was himself assassinated by royalists in 1793 &#40;David did a deathbed portrait of him&#41;; the Duke d&#39;AIGUILLON, Judge Jean-Marie LAPOULE, and the Marquis de SEIGNELAY &#40;Bishop of Rodez&#41;, all members of the National Assembly.