PILGRIMS PROGRESS Elstow Edition WOOD FROM CHURCH Bunyan Portrait RARE BINDING

  

PILGRIMS PROGRESS BY JOHN BUNYAN. A Beautiful Copy Bound with Gilt Wooden Panels in Cosway Style. The Pilgrim's Progress From This World to That Which is to Come, Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream. Wherein is Discovered the Manner of His Setting Out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country. John Walker and Co: London, 1887.

Beautifully bound with polished wooden panels taken from the village church where Bunyan was baptized and attended religious services for over twenty years. Illustrated with twenty-seven plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Bunyan was a Puritan preacher, as is best known for his work'The Pilgrim's Progress'. He was jailed after the restoration of the monarchy as he refused to give up preaching him nonconformist ideas.

He spent twelve years in jail during this stint, during which he begun work on'Progress'. The Pilgrim's Progress' is a Christian allegory which has become one of the most significant works in the English literature, being translated into over two-hundred languages, and never being out of print since its initial publication in 1678.

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The Legacy Collection may be viewed at: CrawfordSterling. The item "PILGRIMS PROGRESS Elstow Edition WOOD FROM CHURCH Bunyan Portrait RARE BINDING" is in sale since Thursday, June 20, 2019. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "collector1611" and is located in Munford, Alabama.

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• Year Printed: 1887
• Binding: Fine Binding
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Special Attributes: Collector's Edition