Portable 1863 Rare Victorian Book - The Pilgrim's Progress By John Bunyan. Color Illustrated. Special: 65% Discount [ItnTkDRg]

 

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Author: Bunyan, John.
Title: The Pilgrim's Progress, from this world to that which is to come. Delivered under the similitude of a dream.
Publisher: London, James Nisbet & Co, 1863.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 " X 5 ".
Pages: xi-379 pages + publisher's catalog.
Binding: Very good attractive full Victorian decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. (Specially bound by Westley's & Co., London).
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, book prize label from Perth Academy on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Illustrated with beautiful full-page colored plates.

The book: Rare and attractive Victorian color edition of The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come which is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. It has also been cited as the first novel written in English.

The author: John Bunyan (30 November 1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English writer and Puritan preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. In addition to The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons.