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Hardcover. 3rd edition. ix, [1], 305 p.; 10 woodcuts in text; 22.5 cm. [First printed in 1887] Subjects: James Bainham, doing penance at Old Paul's Cross, afterwards burned in Smithfield, A.D. 1532 -- Anne Askew, burned at the stake in Smithfield, A.D. 1546 -- William Wiseman, who died in prison, and was cast out to the dogs, privately buried at night, A.D. 1555 -- Gospellers, sent from Colchester to Bonner to be tried: most of them were burned, A.D. 1557 -- Rose Allen, whose hand was burned by Edmund Tyrrel. She was burned at the stake, A.D. 1557 -- Gospellers, worshipping in the woods at Islington in the reign of Queen Mary. Thirteen of them were burned, A.D. 1558 -- The death cart. Barrowe and Greenwood (Nonconformists) executed a Tyburn, A.D. 1593 -- Thomas Aldam tears his cap before Cromwell, saying: "So shall thy Government be torn from thee and thy House." A.D. 1658 -- Stevenson, Dyer and Robinson (Friends) on their way to the gallows on Boston Common, Mass. A.D. 1659 -- Edward Wharton, a Friend of Salem, Mass. flogged at the cart's tail by order of Governor Endicott, A.D. 1664 -- Burning of Old Newgate, during the great fire of London, A.D. 1666 -- Horsly Down Meeting of Friends, held in the street, broken up by the soldiers, A.D. 1670. Fair orig.green cloth. Binding sound, covers stained and spotted. …

Disbound. xxii, 553 p.; 8 chromolithograph pl., 14 mounted photographs, 6 woodcuts in text, fold. map at end; 22.5 cm. Subjects: James Bainham, doing penance at Old Paul's Cross, afterwards burned in Smithfield, A.D. 1532 -- Anne Askew, burned at the stake in Smithfield, A.D. 1546 -- William Wiseman, who died in prison, and was cast out to the dogs, privately buried at night, A.D. 1555 -- Gospellers, sent from Colchester to Bonner to be tried: most of them were burned, A.D. 1557 -- Rose Allen, whose hand was burned by Edmund Tyrrel. She was burned at the stake, A.D. 1557 -- Gospellers, worshipping in the woods at Islington in the reign of Queen Mary. Thirteen of them were burned, A.D. 1558 -- The death cart. Barrowe and Greenwood (Nonconformists) executed a Tyburn, A.D. 1593 -- Thomas Aldam tears his cap before Cromwell, saying: "So shall thy Government be torn from thee and thy House." A.D. 1658 -- Stevenson, Dyer and Robinson (Friends) on their way to the gallows on Boston Common, Mass. A.D. 1659 -- Edward Wharton, a Friend of Salem, Mass. flogged at the cart's tail by order of Governor Endicott, A.D. 1664 -- Burning of Old Newgate, during the great fire of London, A.D. 1666 -- Horsly Down Meeting of Friends, held in the street, broken up by the soldiers, A.D. 1670. Fair olive brown cloth, lacks spine, covers and end pages loose.…

First Edition. First Edition. Good condition. 14 Original Woodbury type photographic prints, 8 chromolithographs, etc.