Acts and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the Church, with an vniuerall historie of the same. Wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these later times of Ours. by Foxe John - 1632

London: Adam Islip, F. Kingston & R. Young , 1631-1632. Folio. 3 vols. 23.2 x 34.5 cm. 19th century calf, repaired and slightly rubbed,...OCLC Number: 8813906..Collation: Vol. 1:[124], 1034pp. Vol 2: [2], 5-788pp; Vol. 3: [2], 1028; [A Continuation]: [14], 106, [108]pp.Numerous woodcuts. Volume 1 title within woodcut border, 3 (of 4) woodcut plates, folding woodcut table repaired with small loss on recto and larger loss on verso , final leaf with all margins renewed, woodcuts in text, vol. 1 title renewed in inner margin; volume 2 with folding woodcut of Windsor Castle, final 2 leaves repaired in margins with loss of a few letters, lacks A2, vol. 2 ends at p.788; volume 3 title cut round and mounted, a few corners worn, a few small repairs (e.g. p.601 with loss of a few letters), 1 folding woodcut plate (at p. 503), occasional spotting, soiling and discoloration, final leaf laid down.

London. Fine; Very Early Edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs in Large Folio 3 Volume . Set. 1631-41. Leather. gorgeous matching 3 vol. set professionally rebound in fine leather spine with raised bands and gilt lettering with new marbled boards and end papers. Volume 1 is from 1641 and is 1033 pages long, Vol. 2 is from 1631 and is 788 pages long, volume 3 is from 1641 and is 1030 pages long. VERY SCARCE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE! A few pages professionally repaired. Each volume is 13 inches tall and 9 1/2 inches wide. Have pictures if so desired.; large size .

Summary: London: Adam Islip, Felix Kingston, and Robert Young, 1632. Folio (14 x 9.5 in). A near-complete set of Foxe's famous Acts and Monuments also knows as the Book of Martyrs. The work documents the martyrdom of all of history's recorded saints from the first century through the Reformation period with abundant and gruesome illustrations. This seventh edition is the first issued in three-volumes and printed in black letter. Description: Vol. 1: full-page engraved title; Kalendar (6 pp.); Ad Dominum (3 pp.); Epistle Dedicatory (3 pp.); Ad Doctum Lectorem (3 pp.); To the True and Faithful Congregation (1 p.); A Chronologie (76 pp.); Acts and Monuments (1024 pp.); Vol. 2: Acts and Monuments (788 pp.); Vol. 3: Acts and Monuments (1030 pp.); A Continuation of the Histories of Forreine Martyrs (108 pp.) with title page (1631); A Table of All Principal Persons (94 pp.). Vol. 1 contains 36 woodcuts with the engraved title page (1632), a full-page plate of The Poisoning of King John (inserted after Ee4).… Read More

London: John Daye, 1583. Fourth edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs (as it was later known), and the last to be published in his lifetime. The first English edition was published in 1563. Folio, 2 volumes bound into one in full near contemporary full brown calf over beveled boards elaborately stamped and paneled in blind, rebacked, seven raised bands to the spine, later brass fixtures to the front and rear panels, text in two columns, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout. Text lacks preliminaries and title-page, and first five leaves remounted and partially restored (with significant loss to text), and final twenty leaves with significant chipping. In very good condition. A well-preserved example of this monumental work, published over four centuries ago. Published early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and only five years after the death of the Roman Catholic Queen Mary I, Foxe's Acts and Monuments was an affirmation of the English Reformation in a period of religious conflict between… Read More