Beschreibung:

Foxe (John). An Abridgement of the Booke of Acts and Monumentes of the Church: Written by that Reverend Father, Maister John Fox and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctor of Phisicke, for such as either thorough want of leysure, or abilitie, have not the use of so necessary an history, 2 parts in one, Imprinted at London by I. Windet, at the assignment of Master Tim Bright, 1589, [12], 504, 288, [64] p., signatures: [par.]⁸ (-[par.]1 & 8) A-Hh⁸ Ii⁴ AA-SS⁸ TT⁴ VV-YY⁸ ZZ⁴, woodcut illustration to title (blank fore-margin and upper outer blank corner torn and frayed, manuscript notes to verso, title detached), black letter text, few decorative woodcut initials and tailpieces, abridgement of the second volume with separate pagination, and register re-commences with AA, with 32 final contents leaves at end, printer's woodcut device to recto of final leaf, without preliminary leaf (par.1, as called for) and lacking one preliminary leaf (par.8), some marginal fraying to preliminary leaves, first part with small hole to G1 & Cc1 touching few letters of text and short tear to upper blank margin of Cc3, light toning throughout, occasional spotting and few marks, text block split and gathering 2H of first part detached, later endpapers, armorial bookplate and signature of Walter Thomas Beeby to upper pastedown, 17th century mottled calf, old reback, upper board detached (with title adjoining), leather torn at corners of upper board with loss, worn, 4to (17.2 x 13.2 cm) STC (2nd ed.), 11229; ESTC S102503. This copy has the variant title page "Doctor ... thorough".