Beware! Fox's Book of Martyrs: A Universal History of Christian Martyrdom, 1835 hand-colored postcard somehow ultimately finding its way

somehow ultimately finding its way to a antique shop in Lawrence

just about exactly 200 year ago

I can't imagine ever tiring of looking at this

Early 20th c

Beware! Fox's Book of Martyrs: A Universal History of Christian Martyrdom, 1835 hand-colored postcard somehow ultimately finding its wayNot for the faint of heart! But pretty amazing! And made even better by the warning on the first page, in lieu of a cover: "To The Reader Beware if you are found with this Book in your possession you are in danger. Please be carefull [sic]." Plus symbolic representations of Pope Alexander and Christ. And then, just after the title page: "Please preserve. This is the last copy in existence," noted by Phil S. Heuss in 1942. Wow! A little research tells