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The first[-second] volume of the ecclesiasticall history contaynyng the actes and monumentes of thynges passed in euery kynges tyme in this realme, especially in the Church of England principally to be noted : with a full discourse of such persecutions, horrible troubles, the sufferyng of martyrs, and other thinges incident, touchyng aswel the sayd Church of England as also Scotland, and all other foreine nations, from the primitiue tyme till the reigne or K. Henry viij

Uniform Title
Actes and monuments
Title
The first[-second] volume of the ecclesiasticall history contaynyng the actes and monumentes of thynges passed in euery kynges tyme in this realme, especially in the Church of England principally to be noted : with a full discourse of such persecutions, horrible troubles, the sufferyng of martyrs, and other thinges incident, touchyng aswel the sayd Church of England as also Scotland, and all other foreine nations, from the primitiue tyme till the reigne or K. Henry viij / newly recognised and inlarged by the author Iohn Foxe.
Published
At London : Printed by Iohn Daye, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate, ... 1570.
Physical Description
2 v. (2302 [i.e. 2314] p.) : ill. ; 37 cm. (fol.)
Local Notes
BEIN Mey34 F83 +1570 copy 1: Imperfect: v.1, bled at top edge, with some loss of t.p. autograph and very slight loss of text; v.2, leaves AAAAA4 (p. 2293-2294) and IIIII6 (blank) wanting; bled at fore-edge, with slight loss of text. Plate locations: v. 1, betw. leaves F5 and F6 (p. 334 and 335); v.2, betw. leaves SSS4 and SSS5 (p. 1398 and 1399). Autograph on v.1 t.p.: Liber Robart Boys [?]. Bookplate: John Camp Williams. Ms. chronology tipped in at front of v.2.
BEIN Mey34 F83 +1570 Copy 2: Imperfect: v.2 wanting; v.1 plate wanting, leaves [fist]1 (t.p.), s3.4 (p. 209-212), Ff1.6 (p. 589-590, 599-600), and MM2, NN1, NN4, OO1-4 [unpaginated] wanting; leaves NN2,3 [unpaginated] mutilated and bound betw. leaves Ll6 and Mm1 (p. 660 and 661); damp-stained. Vol. 1 a variant copy: unsigned leaf chi1 in copy 1 is here signed [fleuron]1; p. 71 is here numbered 70; p. 479, numebered 489 in copy 1, is here numbered correctly. Autograph: Mary Pierpont her book AD 1728. Autograph: Joseph Russell 1796.
BEIN Mey34 F83 +1570a: 36 cm. Imperfect: v. 1 wanting; v. 2 fragmentary, some leaves mutilated, bled at fore-edge, with some loss of text. Vol. 2 contains only leaves KKk-LLl⁶ VVv⁶ RRR⁶ FFFf2-5 LLLl-OOOo⁶ RRRr-SSSs⁶ VVVv-XXXx⁶ CCCC-YYYY⁶ AAAAa-YYYYy⁶ ZZZZz1,3,6 AAAAA1-4 BBBBB⁶ GGGGG⁶ (p. 1031-1054, 1151-1162, 1379-1390, 1545-1552, 1603-1650, 1675-1698, 1711-1734, 1771-2276, 2279-2280, 2286-2294, 2299-2302 [i.e. 2314], [8]). Vol. 2 possibly a variant of copy: p. 1643 and 1948, numbered 1654 and 1944 in copy 1, are here numbered correctly.
Notes
Title of v. 2: The second volume of the ecclesiasticall history, conteynyng the actes and monumentes of martyrs, with a generall discourse of these latter persecutions, horrible troubles, and tumults, styrred up by Romish prelates in the church ...
Originally published as: Actes and monuments of these latter and perillous dayes : London : Iohn Day, 1563.
Signatures: v. 1: [fist]⁴ *⁴ [para.]⁴ chi1 a-b⁶ c⁴ d² e-r⁶ s⁶(-s1+'s1','s2') t-y⁶, A-C⁶ D-E⁴ F-I⁶ *I*⁶ K-Y⁶, Aa-Yy⁶, AA-KK⁶ LL⁴ MM²(±MM2) NN⁴(±NN2) OO⁴(±O3,4); v. 2: pi1, AAa-YYy⁶, AAA-ZZZ⁶, 3[ampersand]⁶ 3*⁴ AAAa-YYYy⁶, AAAA-YYYY⁶, AAAAa-ZZZZz⁶ AAAAA-BBBBB⁶ GGGGG⁶ HHHHH⁴ IIIII⁶(±IIIII4) (IIIII6 blank).
Pagination: v. 1: [26], 26 p., 27-34 columns, 49-204 p., 205-206 leaves, 207-302 p., 303-310 columns, 311-314 p., 315-322 columns, 323-360 p., 361-372 leaves, 373-922, [18] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 2: [2], 923-2302 [i.e. 2314], [28] p., [1] folded leaf of plates.
Black letter.
In parallel columns.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
English short title catalogue, S113108
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 11223
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