Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable happening in the Church : with an vniuersall historie of the same : wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church from the primitiue age to these later times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ ... / |c now againe as it was recognised, perused, and recommended to the studious reader by the author, Master John Foxe … Vol. 2.

Alternate Title:

Actes and monuments Vol. 2.

Contributor:

Lownes, Humphrey, -1629 (printer); Stationers' Company (London, England) (bookseller)

Name:

Foxe, John, 1516-1587

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1610

Language:

English

Provenance:

Owen, Dr. (donor)

Publisher:

Printed [by Humphrey Lownes] for the Company of Stationers

Relation:

Digital facsimile for browsing v. 1 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3ms3kh88

Subject:

Christian martyrs -- Early works to 1800; Persecution -- England -- History -- Early works to 1800; Persecution -- History -- Early works to 1800; Church history -- Early works to 1800; Church history; Persecution; History; Christian martyrs

Resource Type:

Text

Physical Description:

2 volumes (26 unnumbered pages, 1952 pages, 28 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates) : illustrations, map; 44 cm (folio)

Geographic Subject:

Great Britain -- Church history -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain; England

Related Place:

England -- London.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Vol. 2 has special dated title page: The second volume of the ecclesiasticall historie, containing the acts and monuments of martyrs, with a generall discourse of these latter persecutions, horrible troubles and tumults, stirred vp by Romish prelates in the church: with diuers other things incident, especially to this realme of England and Scotland, as partly also to all other forraine nations appertaining, from the time of King Henry the 8. vnto Queene Elizabeth our late gratious soueraigne of blessed memorie.; Printer's name from ESTC.; Signatures: vol. 1: *⁶(-*1) [par.]⁸ A-V⁶ 2A-2V⁶ 3A-3S⁶ 3T-3V⁸; vol. 2: 4A-4V⁶ 5A-5E⁶ 5F-5G⁴ 5H-5V⁶ 6A-6V⁶ 7A-7V⁶ 8A-9B⁶.; Titles of v. 1-2 within illustrated woodcut borders; woodcut illustrations, initials, head- and tail-pieces.; The 'plates' are woodcuts after C3 and 5N4; the plate after C3, 'A table of the X. first persecutions of the primitiue church vnder the heathen tyrannes of Rome ...', has the imprint: Imprinted at London by Humfrey Lownes. 1610, and is entered separately under STC 11227.5."--ESTC.; "The Kalender" printed in red and black.; Text primarily in double columns.; Printed marginalia.; Identified as Early English books, 1475-1640; 1925:1 on UMI microfilm.; Includes index.; Penn Libraries copy imperfect: 1 plate (inserted after leaf C3) only.; Penn Libraries copy: each title leaf reinforced with a blank leaf; blank leaf with engraved portrait of John Foxe affixed to it inserted before leaf *3; plate inserted after leaf C3 reinforced with a blank leaf with some tears along folds; leaves I4, I5, P1 and 2H3 repaired at bottom outer corner without loss of text; leaf S5 repaired at bottom margin without loss of text; bottom outer corner of leaves 2Q6 and 5B4 torn off without loss of text; leaf 9B6 reinforced with a blank leaf.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Folio BR1600 .F6 1610

Collection:

STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania); English Renaissance in Context Collection (University of Pennsylvania)