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Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the church, with an vniuersall history of the same : wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the church, from the primitiue age to these latter times of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foxe, John, 1516-1587.
- Standardized Title:
- Actes and monuments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Martyrs--Early works to 1800.
- Martyrs.
- Persecution--Early works to 1800.
- Persecution.
- Church history--Early works to 1800.
- Church history.
- Great Britain--Church history--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain.
- Penn Provenance:
- Hup, Christopher J. (donor)
- Carey, Helen B. (donor)
- Hup, Frances G. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (24 unnumbered pages, 1949 pages, 27 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates) : illustrations ; 40 cm (folio)
- Edition:
- Now againe, as it was recognised, perused, and recommended to the studous reader by the author maister Iohn Foxe, the fift time newly imprinted.
- Other Title:
- Ecclesiasticall historie, conteyning the acts and monuments of martyrs.
- Place of Publication:
- At London : Printed by Peter Short ..., 1596-1597.
- Notes:
- Vol. 2 has special t.p., which reads: The second volume of the ecclesiasticall historie, conteyning the acts and monuments of martyrs ... Newly recognised and inlarged by the author Iohn Foxe.
- Date of publication precedes imprint.
- Colophon of vol. 2 dated 1596.
- Continuous pagination and signatures.
- Signatures: v. 1: [par.] , [par.] A-U 2A-2U 3A-3S 3T-3U ; v. 2: 4A-4U 5A-5E 5F-5G 5H-5U 6A-6U 7A-7U 8A-8Z (..̇) , ([par.]) .
- Printed in double columns.
- Woodcuts: numerous illustrations; title of each vol. within woodcut border; initials; head- and tail-pieces.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Bound in 1 vol.
- Imperfect: leaf 5G4 (p. 1043-1044) wanting; lower half of leaf 804 wanting.
- Title leaf, without external border, mounted.
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 11226, 11226a
- ESTC S122169, S122170
- OCLC:
- 84877431
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