The first volume of the ecclesiasticall history contaynyng the actes and monumentes of thynges passed in euery kynges tyme in this realme : especially in the Church of England principally to be noted : with a full discourse of such persecutions, horrible troubles, the sufferyng of martyrs, and other thinges incident, touchyng aswel the sayd Church of England as also Scotland, and all other foreine nations, from the primitiue tyme till the reigne of K. Henry viij.

Actes and monuments
Rerum in ecclesia gestarum commentarii.

Newly recognised and inlarged / by the author Iohn Foxe.

At London : Printed by Iohn Daye, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate : these bookes are to be sold at hys shop vnder the gate, 1570.

[26], 26 p., 27-34 columns, 35-36 p., 37-44 columns, 49-204 p., 205-206 leaves, 207-302 p., 303-310 columns, 311-314 p., 315-322 columns, 323-360 p., 361-372 leaves, 373-922, [20], 923-2,310, 2,299-2,302, [28] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; (fol.)

Imprimatur at foot of imprint: Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis.
Includes table.
Second volume, with continuous pagination and register, has separate title page, which reads: The second volume of the ecclesiastical history, conteynyng the actes and monumentes of martyrs.
Last leaf blank.
Signatures: [fist]⁴ *⁴ [par.]⁴ chi1 a-b⁶ c⁴ d² e-r⁶ s⁶(-s1+'s1','s2') t-y⁶, A-C⁶ D-E⁴ F-I⁶ *I*⁶ K-Y⁶, Aa-Ll⁶ Mm⁶(±Mm1) Nn-Yy⁶, AA-KK⁶ LL⁴ MM²(±MM2) NN-OO⁴; 2chi1 AAa-YYy⁶, AAA-ZZZ⁶ 3[and]⁶ ***⁴ AAAa-YYYy⁶, AAAA-YYYY⁶, AAAAa-HHHHh⁶ IIIIi⁶(-IIIIi1.6+IIIIi1,6) KKKKk-YYYYy⁶ ZZZZz⁶(±ZZZZz2) AAAAA-BBBBB⁶ GGGGG⁶ HHHHH⁴ IIIII⁶.
Based on: Rerum in ecclesia gestarum commentarii. Basle, 1559.

Curatorial file available.

DFONOTE edp Folger pag. matches this record; will place possible S1 cancel in CPN; please review rest of original DFONOTE and make 500 notes FOREPLY DMS please recheck pagination. Can't tell from film if S1 is a cancel. DFONOTE EDP title line 8: 'persecutions'; below imprint: Cum gratia & Priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis; NB: is leaf S1 a cancel?; SIG. VARIANT: Folger smk STC 11223.2 has cancel DDDDd1; smk STC 11223 lacks the cancel; possible 500 notes could include: 1) The following gatherings, as well as cancels (NB: excepting Mm1!) s1,2, MM2, and IIIIi1,6, are composed of separate leaves, each having a watermark and horizontal chain lines: *, [par.], chi, c, d, D, E, I, *I*, NN, OO, 2chi, and KKKKk-IIIII; 2) Gatherings c, d, D, E, I and *I are probably cancels because they involve interruptions in headline, pagination and collation sequences; 3) Gatherings *, [par.], chi and MM2-OO4 most likely cancels or additions; based on Rerum in ecclesia gestarum commentarii. Basle, 1559.; see next 509
DFONOTE EDP (continued): slip cancels on the following leaves: UUU5r, XXX2r, UUUu4v, QQQQq5v, and AAAAA4v and AAAAA6v; N.B. the slip cancel on XXX2r is unecessary because of a press correction; add 500 note for each of the leaf cancels described in the signatures? in STC: For details of collation, cancels, and paper, etc. see The Library, I(1946), pp. 49-56, corrected and amplified in II(1947), pp. 59-170

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008. History in the Making.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 11223
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S113108

Foxe, John, 1516-1587. Second volume of the ecclesiastical history, conteynyng the actes and monumentes of martyrs.

Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 11223 copy 2: "A new copy of Foxe's Actes and Monuments", The Collation (22 October 2012)
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Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 11223 copy 1 v.1 (flat)

HH89/26. The first volume only; bound uniform with Folger call number STC 11223 Vol. 2. Title leaf trimmed and leaf cast (i.e. disjunct from [fist]4); part of the t.p. is damaged and torn away, affecting text and image. Leaves S1 and S4 are not conjugate (leaf S1 a cancel?). A few manuscript notes and markings. See U1r: one and a half lines of text on U1r partially obliterated, affecting legibility (cf. same passage in Folger call number STC 11223.2 Vol. 1: the location of another intended slip cancel?). Stained and frayed throughout (many edges are repaired by leaf casting); leaf II1 is mostly torn away and leaf cast; gatherings NN-OO badly torn, affecting text, side-notes and direction-lines. Re-bound at Folger. For additional bibliographical information and citations, see entries for Foxe's Actes and Monuments in Folger Card Bibliography. Provenance: Harmsworth copy

STC 11223 copy 1 v.2 (flat)

HH89/26. The second volume only; bound uniform with Folger call number STC 11223 Vol. 1. Leaf DDDDd1 is not a cancel (i.e. a cancellandum? cf Folger call number STC 11223.2 Vol. 2). Imperfect: wanting the plate (i.e. after SSS4), the final blank leaf, and the slip cancels on XXX2r (unnecessary because of press correction: cf. call number STC 11223.2 Vol. 2, XXX2r), UUUu4v, QQQQq5v (the original print is erased, affecting legibility), and AAAAA4v. Manuscript notes and markings. The title leaf is trimmed and leaf cast (i.e. disjunct from [fist]4), slightly damaged, affecting image and border ornaments. Wormed and stained throughout. [The slip cancel on AAAAA6v is incorrectly attached in the paragraph beneath its proper position.] Cropped, affecting manuscript notes on UUu2v, EEEEe5r, and GGGGg1r. Some leaves damaged, frayed, or torn, affecting headlines, text, and side-notes. Re-bound at the Folger. Provenance: inscribed beneath the colophon: "Ro: [Robert] ffandler [Fandler?]: his booke / 88 / bought of Mr [steuar[t?] [Stewart? Stuart?] who married with the bisshop Gilbarth bartleys [i.e. Gilbert Berkeley] wiffe whose book this was being bisshoup of bath and wells [1588 July 28th]"; Harmsworth copy

STC 11223.2 v.1 (flat)

HH89/26a. The first volume only; bound uniform with Folger call number STC 11223.2 Vol. 2 (i.e., the variant, with cancel DDDDd1). Gathering * is misbound: 2,1,4,3. Copious mid-c18 manuscript notes and markings. Slightly wormed. Burn-hole on t.p., affecting Biblical text. One and a half lines of text on U1r partially obliterated, affecting legibility (cf. Folger call number STC 11223 Vol. 1). Leaf Hh6 is damaged and repaired, affecting text; leaf Uu2 is damaged and leaf cast at lower corner, affecting text; gathering OO is frayed along the fore-edge, affecting side-notes. Originally in a contemporary binding (repaired and rebound in the original leather and wood boards at the Folger); blind-tooled calf, with a round center boss with a square-shaped collar and evidence of corner bosses and clasps; re-backed with goatskin. Provenance: c18 manuscript notes in the hand of John Cropley (see leaf UUUu6r in call number STC 11223.2 Vol. 2); Harmsworth copy

STC 11223.2 v.2 (flat)

HH89/26a. The second volume only; bound uniform with Folger call number STC 11223.2 Vol. 1. Variant (with cancel DDDDd1) (cf. Folger call number STC 11223 Vol. 2). Imperfect: wanting UUU3, GGGGG6, the final blank leaf, and the slip cancels on UUU5r, XXX2r (cf. call number STC 11223 Vol. 2, XXX2r), UUUu4v. Gathering CCCC is misbound: 3,2,1,6,5,4. Copious c18 manuscript notes and markings. Some staining and worm-holes. Title leaf is damaged and mounted, with loss of image and text. The plate bound after SSS4 is partially cut away. AAa1 and QQQ6 are damaged, affecting side-notes; AAAA1 is torn and repaired, affecting text; AAAA6 is partially torn away and leaf cast, affecting text, side-note, and direction-line; leaf OOOO3 is partially torn away at the bottom, affecting text and woodcut, which is also partially defaced; leaf KKKKk5 is torn at head, affecting running-title and side-note; UUUUu2 is partially torn away and leaf cast, affecting text; holes on XXXXx1, affecting text and woodcut. Provenance: dated (Sep. 23 1775) inscription on GGGg6v: "J: C [i.e. John Cropley: see UUUu6r]"; Harmsworth copy

STC 11223 copy 2 (flat)

Vol. 1 only. Given as a Christening present in 1575 to James Pytt, inscription on verso of title page. Title page annotated "Semper idem Edwarde Pytt." Nineteenth-centruy paper label "Pytt's Book Room At Kyre" on front cover. Some annotations in text, see short index at end. This copy has not yet been cataloged. The description may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please consult Curator for assistance.

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