Beware! Fox's Book of Martyrs: A Universal History of Christian Martyrdom, 1835 hand-colored postcard with what I'm pretty sure

with what I'm pretty sure is its original paint--a dark red overall

2 1/2" deep

The legs all move easily and he can be positioned to sit/stand in a variety of poses

just about exactly 200 year ago

Early 20th c

Beware! Fox's Book of Martyrs: A Universal History of Christian Martyrdom, 1835 hand-colored postcard with what I'm pretty sureNot 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