April 12, 2024
A LARGE 1776 EDITION OF Foxe's Famous Book of Martyrs
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A LARGE 1776 EDITION OF Foxe's Famous Book of Martyrs ATTRACTIVE COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS The Book: Foxe, John, 1516-87. "The Lives of the Primitive Martyrs." L, [1776]. BOUND WITH... Foxe. The Book of Martyrs. London, 1776. 2 WORKS BOUND in 1. First work with frontis. and 9 copperplate engravings; the second work with 29 copperplate illustrations. FOLIO. 39 x 26 cm., Full calf worn, dry and scuffed, front board detaching, wear to spine and peeling to hinges, chipping to blanks. Internally, toning and browned, with foxing and occasional stains and creases. "The Actes and Monuments, popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, is a work of Christian history and martyrology by John Foxe, first published in English in 1563 by John Day. It includes a polemical account of the sufferings of Protestants under the Catholic Church, with particular emphasis on England and Scotland. The book was highly influential in those countries, and helped shape lasting popular notions of Catholicism there. The book went through four editions in Foxe's lifetime and a number of later editions and abridgements, including some that specifically reduced the text to a Book of Martyrs.
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