A Critical and Historical Review of Fox's Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Shewing the Inaccuracies, Falsehoods and Misrepresentations in that Work of Deception

by William Eusebius Andrews

$375 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

First edition

London, W. E. Andrews, 1824-1826. 8vo, 4 , 412, 4 , 430 pp. Illustrated with woodcuts. Early diapered calf with gilt rolls, backstrip elaborately gilt. Binding rubbed and slightly worn but sound, some foxing and browning. Very good. § First edition in book form of volumes one and two, comprising 51 parts numbered 1-25 and 27-52 i.e. complete, number 26 was skipped . A Catholic critique of Fox's influential book. A third volume was published some years later.

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