Duodecimo contemporary calf blind rules with corner floral ornaments spine with gilt label (top cover nearly detached, tips worn, chipped to head/foot of spine) All edges red sprinkled. Engraved Titlepage of the stoning of a martyr +Titlepage +(19pp dedication & preface) +(1p blank) +576pp +(47pp index) +(1p blank) A-Cc12. Page 456 with small adhesion obscuring 2 or 3 letters and initial. Inscription E.lib R.S. on blank back of engraved Title. Endpapers bit browned else a clean tight neat copy needing repair to front hinge. All copperplates are present, shewing gruesomely detailed plates of all the possible torture methods being administered to the martyrs, which also are in crisp V.G. condition.The early editionshad fewer plates (from 25 with later additions)