Frontispiece for Fox's Book of Martyrs, showing the martyrdom of Jesus Christ, Saint Andrew, Saint Peter and Saint John. Engraving.

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1811
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43160i
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Frontispiece for Fox's Book of Martyrs, showing the martyrdom of Jesus Christ, Saint Andrew, Saint Peter and Saint John. Engraving. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The Book of Martyrs by John Fox (1527-1597) was originally published in the 16th century, it being the classic history of the lives, sufferings, and deaths of the Early Christian martyrs

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London (Paternoster Row) : Printed for Thomas Kelly, 1811.

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 32.5 x 20 cm

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Frontispiece. The noble army of martyrs praise thee O God. Martyrdom of Jesus Christ ... Lettering continues within the print

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Wellcome Collection 43160i

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