Creator

John Foxe

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Creation Date

1576

Medium

Wood block printing, printed on the printing press

Dimensions

12.25 x 8

Credit Line

Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015

Accession Number

2015.109

Provenance

From Artifacts Unlimited, 117 North State Street, Pennsylvania. Certified to be from Foxe's book, printed at London by John Day in 1576

Creator Biography

John Foxe, British.

Description

A page from the book, Actes and Monuments of the Martyrs this anti-catholic book describes the sufferings of Protestant martyrs at the hands of the Roman Church. This book was the first 'best-selling' book in the English language.

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