Rather desirable and riveting history of the divine judgements inflicted on the early persecutors of the Christian faith, from the Latin of the historian Lactantius. Includes the martyrdoms under Nero, Domitian, Valerian, Diocletian, Severus, etc. 

A Relation of the Death of the Primitive Persecutors. Written Originally in Latin by L. C. F. Lactantius. Englished by Gilbert Burnet, D.D. To which He hath made a Large Preface Concerning Persecution. Amsterdam. Printed for J. S. 1687. 167pp.

Original full calf, rubbed as shown with minor chips on spine, just surface breached on front hinge. Attractive patina. Minor losses to pastedown and margin stain on prelims and rears just transcending into text block at rear. Textually quite good.