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Lot 064 - "Book Of Martyrs; Or, A History Of The Lives, Sufferings, And Triumphant Deaths, Of The Primitive As Well As Protestant Martyrs" Antique Religious Book By Rev. John Fox, Published By E. Hunt, Middletown, 1832

Lot 064 - "Book Of Martyrs; Or, A History Of The Lives, Sufferings, And Triumphant Deaths, Of The Primitive As Well As Protestant Martyrs" Antique Religious Book By Rev. John Fox, Published By E. Hunt, Middletown, 1832

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Antique leather-bound religious book titled "Book of Martyrs; Or, A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths, of the Primitive as Well as Protestant Martyrs" by Rev. John Fox, M.A., published by E. Hunt, Middletown, 1832. Includes numerous engraved illustrations depicting martyrdoms, persecutions, and executions from early Christianity through later Protestant history, with sections covering the Inquisition, the Bartholomew Massacre in France, persecutions under Louis XIV, the Irish Rebellion of 1641, and events in the south of France. Bound in full leather with faded gilt spine lettering reading "Christian Martyrs" and decorative gilt tooling. Exhibits heavy foxing throughout, tears and losses to some pages, complete binding break at the midpoint with additional weak signatures and partially detached sections, and wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. Modern inventory sticker affixed to rear cover.

Dimensions: 5-1/2" L x 2" W x 9" H

Auction Date: 11/13/2025

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