[Foxe (John)], [Fox's Book of Martyrs]/Acts and Monuments Of...

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£200 - £300

[Foxe (John)], [Fox's Book of Martyrs]/Acts and Monuments Of matters most speciall (sic) and memorable, happening in the Church, with an universal Historie (sic) of the same [...], volume I, eighth edition, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1641, Gothic Black Letter, some Italic and Roman, double-column, portrait frontispiece engraved by George Glover, trimmed and laid on a later 19th c sheet, wood-engraved title, 1 wood-engraved full-page plate, further in-text illustrations, decorative head- and tail-pieces, foliated initials, collating: [126], 754, 765-1031pp, of which the title and first three preliminary leaves have been remargined in places; p. 19-20 with close tear; p. 1029-1030 with another close tear, repaired and remargined; p. 1031 defective; affected by some water stains in places throughout, mostly marginal, 19th c calf over cloth boards, split and disbound, ffep with later ownership inscription, folio (34 x 23.5cm)