An abridgement of the booke of Acts and monumentes of the Church / written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox ; and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie, haue not the vse of so necessary an history.

An abridgement of the booke of Acts and monumentes of the Church / written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox ; and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie, haue not the vse of so necessary an history.

Actes and monuments. Abridgement

Imprinted at London : By I. Windet, at the assignment of Master Tim Bright, and are to be sold at Pauls wharf, at the signe of the Crosse-keyes, 1589.

[14], 504, 288, [64] p. ; 20 cm (4to)

Imprimatur at foot of title: Cum gratia, & privilegio Regiae Maiestatis.

The abridgement of the second volume has separate pagination, and register re-commences with AA.

With 32 final contents leaves.

Variant: title page has "Doctor ... thorough".

Signatures: [par.]⁸ (-[par.]1) A-Hh⁸ Ii⁴ AA-SS⁸ TT⁴ VV-YY⁸ ZZ⁴

Signatures from DFo.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 11229
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S102503

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 11229 copy 1

Brown calf binding, with visible holes for ties; red leather label on spine lettered in gilt: 'Fox's Abridgement'. Variant. T.p. torn, copy stained. In manuscript on leaf [par.]8 (in the same hand as Folger copies 2 and 3): First the Crosse and then the Crowne. Provenance: bookplate of Francis Freeling; inscriptions: on t.p.: 'Ja. Blackleech'; on front paste-down: Britwell shelfmark, '8.D.1.'; Britwell sale, May 1920:195; collated by Max Privett at Quaritch, 25 May 1920; Harmsworth copy.

HH90/4

STC 11229 copy 2

Brown calf binding, ruled in blind with gilt ornaments in corners and center of covers; with clasps. An additional plate has been cut and pasted on front free endpaper, with caption: 'Martyrs for true religion denying the errors of popery'. Leaves S3-4 misbound after S6; TT1-2 misbound after TT4; copy stained. In manuscript on leaf [par.]8 (in the same hand as Folger copies 1 and 3): First the Crosse and then the Crowne.Provenance: inscriptions on t.p.: '27.E.9.' and manuscript quote from Psal. 44, verse 22; bookplate of Michael Tomkinson, Franche Hall, Worcestershire (motto 'Sperans pergo'); bought by Folger in 1923 from Dobell

cs1131

STC 11229 copy 3

Imperfect: wanting leaf ZZ4; t.p. mended, other leaves stained and frayed. A few manuscript notes in margins and on last leaf; manuscript price on t.p. Variant. In manuscript on leaf [par.]8 (in the same hand as Folger copies 1 and 2): First the Crosse and then the Crowne.Provenance: inscriptions on t.p.: 'James [Baskefeld?]' and 'Geo: [J?]uckes [Juckes] or [F?]uckes' [Fuckes] and 'E.3.11.'; bookplate of W.T. Smedley

Smedley