The first[-second] volume of the ecclesiasticall history, . contayning the actes [and] monumentes of thinges passed in euery kinges time, in this realme, especially in the Churche of England principally to be noted. with a full discourse of such persecutions, horrible troubles, the suffring of martirs, the seuere punishment of persecutors, the great prouidence of God in preserning [sic] many, and other thinges incident touching aswell the sayde Church of England, as also Scotland, and all other forrein nations, from the primitiue time, till the raigne of king Henry the Eyght. Newly recognised and inlarged by the author. I. Foxe. 1576.
John Foxe (1516-1587)
Category
Books
Date
1576
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3092915
Summary
Bibliographic description
[26], 771, [3], 773-1820, 1833-1868, 1857-2008, [28] p., [4] folded plates . ill.., map (woodcut) . fol... Imperfect: All before chiA3 and all after TTTTt4 wanting; 1st 3 surviving leaves mutilated and repaired with loss of text.. Provenance: Inscription on t.p.: Tho: & Isabella Hervey [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey, 1625-1694, and his wife Isabella, 1625-1686].. Binding: Twentieth century half binding.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
John Foxe (1516-1587)