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1813. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket . No dustwrapper. Large 8vo. - Bound in leather w/ decorations and title label to spine - Marbled endpapers - Covers heavily rubbed, stained and worn w/ numerous scuffs and marks - Sections missing to corners w/ boards exposed - Hole to front top joint near spine head - Spine ends, edges and corners rubbed - Title label chipped and faded - Edges of text block badly tanned w/ some foxing and shelf wear - Contemporary signature to final page - Two Previous owner's names in ink to blank preliminary page w/ that page also heavily marked w/ blue pencil - Content heavily toned and foxed w/ creasing and wear to edges - Nermous grubby marks to content and tears to edges of several leaves - Bookworm hole to top corner of preliminary pages - Book ow/ solid and clean - 566 pages
THE BOOK OF MARTYRS, Containing an Account of the Sufferings and Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the First. Illustrated with Copper Plates. Originally Written by Mr. John Fox and now Revised and Corrected ... by the Rev. Mr. Madan by Fox, John - 1761
by Fox, John
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THE BOOK OF MARTYRS, Containing an Account of the Sufferings and Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the First. Illustrated with Copper Plates. Originally Written by Mr. John Fox and now Revised and Corrected ... by the Rev. Mr. Madan
by Fox, John
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London: Printed and Sold by John Fuller Bookseller, [1761], 1761. Title-page dated 1760 but Madan's Preface dated Jan. 15, 1761. 34.5 cm x 22.5 cm, pp. irregular pagination, complete with register continuous: [vi], 717, [718] - Index of names. 53 engraved plates including frontispiece and engraved title-page, many containing double illustrations, many of the copper-plates were engraved by Thomas Bowles. From the library of the Canadian literary giant, Robertson Davies, with his heraldic bookplate to the front pastedown. Contemporary half-leather and boards, six raised bands, gilt-stamped maroon leather spine label, original head and tail bands intact. Covers quite worn, scuffed, and rubbed, corners rubbed and rounded. May lack front free endpaper(?), frontispiece detached but present, otherwise interior and plates wonderfully clean and bright. An immediate best-seller when first published in English in 1563. the book was highly influential in England and Scotland and helped shape lasting popular notions of Catholicism there.. Hard Cover. Good Plus.. Folio.
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The Book of Martyrs, Or, Christian Martyrology: Containing an Authentic and Historical Relation of Many Dreadful Persecutions Against the Church of Christ in Different Parts of the World
by FOX, JOHN
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The Lives of the Primitive Martyrs, from the Birth of Our Blessed Saviour, to the Reign of Queen Mary I. With the Life of Mr. John Fox, and, The Book of Martyrs; Containing an Account of the Sufferings and Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary The First
by Fox, John
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San Anselmo, California, United States
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London. H. Trapp. 1776. Bound in full calfskin over boards. Gilt titled morocco labels. Thick Folio (10" x 13.5"). Illustrated with 30 (of 39) full page copper plate engravings graphically depicting the implements and means of heinous torture. This volume rebacked in contemporary calf with original morocco label laid-on. Original period boards well scuffed, scratched and darkened but presents a natural and quite attractive ambiance. Various foxing and mild offset throughout. Although most plates quite crisp and clean. One plate with water stain to margin only. Several pages chipped at margin. Some text pages professionally restored. All in all, a Very crisp, Very Good copy.
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The New and Complete Book of Martyrs; or an Universal History of Martyrdom, Containing the Whole of Fox's Book of Martyrs, and the Whole and Entire Substance of all other Works that have appeared since the Publication... etc...
by John Fox, MA; Paul Wright, DD
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LONDON: ALEX HOGG. 1st Edition . Full Calf. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. The New and Complete Book of Martyrs; or an Universal History of Martyrdom, Containing the Whole of Fox's Book of Martyrs, and the Whole and Entire Substance of all other Works that have appeared since the Publication... etc... Circa 1790. by John Fox MA, and Modernized by Paul Wright DD Printed and sold by Alex Hogg, London Folio, full calf, contemporary binding. Engraved frontispiece, engraved title page, title page, plus 94 full page engravings. Contemporary binding rubbed with edges and corners worn, joints cracked, pages with occasional tidemarks and some yellowing. Unusually, this volume is complete, from frontispiece through to the final list of subscribers. Based on Fox's classic Book of Martyrs, and augmented with later writers. Overall, a scarce volume in FAIR/GOOD condition.
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The Book of Martyrs: Containing an Account of the Sufferings and Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the First
by M. John Fox
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United Kingdom: John Hart & John Lewis, 1732. Hardcover. Folio. [14.50'' tall x 10.00'' wide]. Collates complete [4],974,[2]p. Engraved frontispiece and a further 29 full page engraved plates. Title page with marginal wear and re-laid on paper. A good, solid and sound copy in the main. Occasional marks, blemishes or reading wear commensurate with age. Light toning and occasional foxing spots else a good, solid copy in the main presented in an attractive restored period binding. Bound in full contemporary calf. Re-backed with raised bands and gilt lines. Contemporary label re-laid to the spine. A little wear to the edges or corners else a rather attractive restored contemporary binding..
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