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FOXE, JOHN. Acts and Monuments of Matters Most Special and Memorable, happening in the Church . . . from the Primitive Age to these Later Times of Ours. Engraved portrait of Foxe; 4 woodcut plates; woodcut text illustrations. Titles within woodcut historiated borders. [128], 756, 767-1033, [1]; [42], 22, [2(blank)], [5]-113, 112-788; [2], 584, 595-1030, [14], 106, 105-106, [2(blank)], [94] pages. Mostly printed in black letter. 4 parts in 3 volumes. Folio, 354x234 mm, contemporary calf with unidentified 19th-century gilt arms on front covers, rebacked, endpapers renewed, covers detached or starting; occasional soiling and stains, scattered marginal tears generally not affecting text or illustrations, Volume 1 with rust hole in E2 affecting a few letters and sheets of gathering 2T folded out of order, G3 in Volume 2 torn and repaired without text loss. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1641
Eighth edition of Foxe's huge 1563 martyrology, "one of the most widely read, popular, and influential works of the Elizabethan Age" (DLB), written with a strong anti-Catholic bias and emphasizing in particular the persecution of English Protestants under Queen Mary I. Wing F2035.
