Theatrum crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis.

Sm. 4to: 95 pp. (sl. browning, some spotting and soiling, last ff. dampstaining, sm. wormtrack and tiny wormhole).

Modern red morocco, spine with raised bands.

First and rare edition of this famous work describing the tortures inflicted on Catholics by Calvinists in England under the reigns of Henri VIII and Elisabeth I, by Huguenots in France and by Protestants in the Low Countries. Ill. with a vignette on the title and 29 half-page copperplates depicting the cruelty of their endured agony: burned feet, hangings, drownings, etc. and with the famous beheading of Mary Stuart. These plates, accompanied by some verses and a commentary ascribed to Bocchius, are probably made by Hieronymus Wierix.
Ref. BT 4728.- Pettegree (NB) 30621 = USTC 88365. - Adams T-445. - STC Dutch p. 204.
Prov. Old. ms. entries erased on title.