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Barbour Publishing, Incorporated. Paperback. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included.
1596 Actes And Monuments of Matters, Booke of Martyres - Leaf by John Foxe - 1596
by John Foxe
1596 Actes And Monuments of Matters, Booke of Martyres - Leaf
by John Foxe
- Used
- very good
- first
Original 1596 printing by Peter Short in London of ACTES And Monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the Church, with an universall history of the same. This Leaf page 285/286 is 10 X 15 Tall in Very Good to Fine Condition Published, 1596. Soft. Very Good. Published in Early Modern English . Page 285 discusses the Martiall affaires of Frederike the Emperor 'Frederick II (1194 1250)', his victories, discomfiture, and death. Page 286 discusses the issue made of the Emperor Frederike, his praise and dispraise reported by writers. The Actes and Monuments, popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs , is a work of Protestant history and martyrology by John Foxe, first published in English in 1563 by John Day. It includes a polemical account of the sufferings of Protestants under the Catholic Church, with particular emphasis on England and Scotland. The book was highly influential in those countries, and helped shape lasting popular notions of Catholicism there. The book went through four editions in Foxe's lifetime and a number of later editions and abridgements.
- Bookseller The Franklin Bookstore (US)
- Format/Binding Soft
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Publisher Peter Short
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1596
- Size 10 X 15