[TUMULT in Toruń]. A DETAILED Report from the Royal Polish City of Toruń,...

[THE TURMOILIN TORUŃ]. ADETAILED Account of the events that took place in the Royal Polish City of Toruń during a procession held by the Roman Catholics on Corpus Christi Day in 1724, between the Evangelical-Lutheran and Roman Catholic students, the ensuing consequences, and the resulting [...] execution and death sentence actually carried out against Mayor Rössner and other individuals alleged to have participated in the turmoil, on the 7th December 1724. [no place] 1724. 4, p. 8. Bound in contemporary parchment
, E. 23, 9. Very good condition. Estreicher provides a fragmentary description. Rare.
The Toruń Riots—“events of July 16, 1724, in Toruń, when riots broke out between local Protestants and Catholics, culminating in the demolition of the Jesuit college by Protestants. In response to this event, an assessors’ court convened by King Augustus II sentenced nine Protestant participants in the riots and two Protestant mayors of the city to death, which sparked strong outrage abroad and a serious diplomatic crisis” (Wikipedia).