A Critical and Historical Review of Fox's [Foxe's] Book of Martyrs, Shewing the Inaccuracies, Falsehoods and Misrepresentations in that Work of Deception

1824. London, W. E. Andrews, 1824-1826.

8vo, (4), 412, (4), 430 pp. Illustrated with woodcuts. Early diapered calf with gilt rolls, backstrip elaborately gilt. Binding rubbed and slightly worn but sound, some foxing and browning. Very good.

ß First edition in book form of volumes one and two, comprising 51 parts numbered 1-25 and 27-52 (i.e. complete, number 26 was skipped). A Catholic critique of Fox's influential book. A third volume was published some years later. Each part opens with a lively woodcut depicting a Catholic martyrdom or other act of persecution. William Eusebius Andrews (1773-1837) was an English journalist and the son of Catholic converts. He was the founder of numerous of short-lived Catholic newspapers.