Beware! Fox's Book of Martyrs: A Universal History of Christian Martyrdom, 1835 curioisity While I usually gravitate toward

While I usually gravitate toward older carvings

but this super folky bas relief carving of a pin up is among my very favorite Brimfield finds is this

and which I found in the same place

with a horizontal band of diamond shapes around the center

not much at all

Beware! Fox's Book of Martyrs: A Universal History of Christian Martyrdom, 1835 curioisity While I usually gravitate towardNot 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