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Foxe (John). [Book of Martyrs] Acts and Monuments of Matters Most Special and Memorable Happening in the Church... from the Primitive age to These Later Times of Ours, with the Bloody Times, Horrible Troubles, and Great Persecutions against the True Martyrs of Christ, 3 vols., London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1641, volume titles within wide woodcut historiated borders, Continuation title within woodcut architectural border, 2 folding woodcut plates only (of 6), woodcut illustrations to text, woodcut head and tail-pieces, text mostly in black letter text, small ink stamp to verso of titles, lacking half-title and portrait, and final leaf of index in vol. 3, approximately 10 leaves with short tears (3 with text loss, including 2 index leaves), first & last few leaves in each volume frayed to margins and few with closed tears and some loose, occasional dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary sheep, very worn with some loss of leather to corners & extremities, boards detached and some labels lacking, folio. Wing F2035. (3)