John Foxe — Fox[E]&Apos;S Book of Martyrs

London, A. K. Newman and Co. 1812. Leather. A very scarce edition of the important religious work by John Foxe, illustrated throughout. A very scarce edition of this important religious work. With eight plates depicting the deaths of various martyrs. The Actes and Monuments, more widely known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, is a comprehensive polemical account of the persecution of Protestants by Catholics in England during the sixteenth century. Written by devout Protestant John Foxe, this work circulated among English Puritans and helped form the sixteenth and seventeenth-century British mistrust and hatred of the Catholic Church. In full calf. Externally rubbed. Booksellers label to front pastedown and ink inscription dated 1873 to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with scattered spotting and handling marks. Loss to plate facing page 104. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .