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Christian martyrs -- Early works to 1800.
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Persecution -- Early works to 1800.
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Church history -- Early works to 1800.
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Rare books and special collections.
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Descript |
2 volumes bound in one (2008 pages) : woodcut illustrations, map. ; 33 cm |
Note |
Register and pagination are continuous. |
Ownership and Custodial History |
Copy 1: Flyleaf inscription: Anne Lofthouse Cottingham 1840. |
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Copy 1: End paper inscription: John De La Chambre To John Rickard To Thomas Mantle Rickard To Anne Rickard. |
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Copy 1: University College of Hull donor plate, inscribed in blue biro: Presented by A. Villiers, Esq., 8, Bishopsgate, London. |
Copy and Version Identification Note |
Copy 1: Title pages of both volumes are missing. Fragment of volume 2 title page pasted opposite sig. A1 of volume 1. |
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Copy 1: Number in ink on bottom right-hand corner of paste-down: K7256. |
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Copy 1: Contains early marginalia, e.g. at sigs. Kk4r, DD4r and YYYY5v. |
Binding Information |
Copy 1: Half binding of brown leather over brown bookcloth. Back hinge broken. |
Ownership and Custodial History |
Copy 2: Heraldic bookplate of H.L. Hobart, believed to be Henry Lewis Hobart, Dean of Windsor. |
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Copy 2: Library accession no: 36155. |
Copy and Version Identification Note |
Copy 2: Title page of volume 1 missing. |
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Copy 2: Castle doodle at sig. KKk2r. Between sigs. NNN6 and OOO1 is Windsor Castle woodcut from the 1641 edition of Acts and Monuments. In vol. 1 TT6, UU1-4, and XX1 are missing, but stubs of all 6 leaves remain, with some text preserved. |
Binding Information |
Copy 2: 19th century[?] brown leather binding with brass corner plates on both covers. |
Alt author |
Day, John, 1522-1584, printer.
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Hobart, Henry Lewis, 1774-1846, former owner.
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Villiers, Arthur George Child, 1883-1969, donor.
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