Foxe's publisher, John Day, appears in profile in this portrait device, along with a colophon. The cartouche surrounding him reads, "Liefe is deathe and death is liefe: Aetatis suae: XXXX." ["Life is death and death is life: in the 40th year of his life"]. Although Day includes this woodcut in large-format editions of other works, it appears only in the first (1563) and second (1570) editions of the Book of Martyrs. The colophon of the first edition reads, "Imprinted at London by John Day dwelling over Aldersgate beneath Saint Martin's, Anno. 1563. the 20 of March. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiae majestatis. [i.e., With the favor and prerogative of the Queen's majesty.] These books are to be sold at his shop under the gate." No Luborsky and Ingram #. JPEG file (1.42 MB).
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