Translator's Preface

The first English edition of Martyrs Mirror, translated from the German, was published in 1837 at Lampeter Square, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and reprinted in 1853 at London, England. The second English edition, translated from the original Dutch edition of 1660, was published in 1886 at Elkhart, Indiana, and reprinted in 1938 and later years at Scottdale, Pennsylvania. Beginning in 1977, reprints include improved reproductions of engravings, from The Drama of the Martyrs, by permission of Mennonite Historical Associates, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Second English edition, twenty-first printing, 1999. Printed in the United States of America. 49,500 copies in print from 1938. International Standard Book Numbers: 0-8361-1390-X (hard cover). 0-8361-9087-4 (Kivar cover)