The Book of Martyrs, or, Christian Martyrology: Containing an Authentic and Historical Relation of Many Dreadful Persecutions Against the Church of Christ, from the Death of Abel to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century; Being a Particular Account of All the Martyrs of the Old and New Testaments, and the Ten Great Persecutions Under the Roman Emperors, with the Persecutions Exercised by the Papists in England and Other Parts of Europe. Including Every Important Relation in Fox's Book of Martyrs, and Also All the Essential Parts of Every Work on the Subject Which has Appeared Since that Publication; the Whole Carefully Revised, Corrected, and Amended; with Some Original Matter. Liverpool: Printed by J. Nuttall, 1803.
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Two volumes bound into one with 20 plates throughout. Without internal reference, but from the private collection of Terry Jones of Monty Python fame.
Half dark brown calf over cloth backed boards with a red tooled label in a compartment to the spine between raised bands. Binding rubbed and scuffed. Boards lightly warped. Both boards attached with rubbing along joints and wear to hinges. Shelf and edge wear. No shelf lean. Marbled page edges dulled. No attached bookplates or ownership inscriptions. Text block very clean with light toning and occasional foxing. Some leaf edge repairs to pp.13-16 with minor losses (pictured).
