Show Local Man Has las Copy of Martyrs M of Same Issue as J. J P. P Mo Morgans Morgan's' gan s Which Cost Ono One t most rare and valuable o of ancient boks books sought Bought to by bibliophiles Is the Acts and nd Monuments by John Jolin Fox FoX beter better known as as' a Foxs ooK Book of ot M Martyrs J J. J Pierpont Morgan bought ht nUy the Book of was own ed by John Bunyan Bunyan author of ot Pilgrims Progress which un Bunyan h carried into Bedford prison when ho he was Imprisoned In the sixteenth century Th The price paid b by Morgan Moran for the the-b k Was H OOOO This enormous valuation was placed upon the book b by reason realon of oC its its' Hi historical association tion lons and the B Bedford library which foll old the b book ok had an authenticated history of or the tho book from the time It had passed I ha from th the hands hand of oC the time great Puritan Perhaps tIme the only Book of ot Martyrs Martyr in Utah Is Is' Is owned by hy another Morgan VI lorgan Morgan Wil Wil ham liam l Morgan wio who who says that he Is Is' not a member of ofT the Immediate family am I of ot the great capitalist but bur that of the same family name name he lie 1 In h not nol bar barred d from owning as a good a a Book of Martyr Martyrs as that owned by the bron of r business The local Book Book of ot Martyrs Is of the eighth edition the last Jast t edition editon published In tho ancient English black face type and Is 9 identical respect Ive save for the tho signature of John Bunyan and In hIstorical his his M association with wih that for or which J. J P. P Morgan Morgan paid a a princes prince's ransom It I Is nine by fourteen Inches In size with two not notes Inch c. c margins sprinkled with ih marginal The Time book came from Crom the In 1641 and is In a a. splendid state of or pre preservation craton It I Is in three massive folio volumes In full tul calf cr original binding and with In in- in indices dices and notes contains 1230 pa pages It e I hears bears bea the autograph signature of John Gary Cary and the written written date dater date 1652 The most Interesting feature of ot the book Is the remarkable series of wood woodcuts woodcuts woodcuts cuts with which It is Illustrated Among I these la Is a a large wood cut Inserted at the time time the book bok was bound showing the methods ot torture applied In the terrible days of or which the subject matter treats treat The Tho Te local loal Book Book of ot Martyrs Is a enuIne enu- enu ine las rarity and bibliophiles are keenly In interested In in- in examining It It I. I 1 The Tho Dearly edition of th the book bok hail ha a a pronounced pronounced pro pro pro- effect upon the troubled times in trouble England at that period and was wa a profound pro pro- found factor In the dissension between the Roundheads jc led lcd j by Cromwell Cromwel In their attacks upon the royalist Cava I Hers liers which forms one of ot the bloodiest t and most interesting p periods of of oC English 1 rios history f. f I |