8vo. [6], 392pp. With an engraved frontispiece and numerous engraved plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped purple cloth, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine heavily sunned. Foxed

The first edition of a work memorialising English martyrs by Charles Benjamin Tayler (1797-1875), clergyman and writer. A staunch protestant, Tayler's works warned against the errors of the Catholics, and sought to lead the youth in spiritual education.