1760 The Pilgrim's Progress, From This World to That Which to Come: Delivered Under The Similitude of a Dream

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding

The thirty-first edition, adorned with a new set of cuts. 

In two parts, with a title page to each. 

Illustrated with two wood engraved frontispieces and many wood engraved vignettes. 

'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. It is second only to the Bible in popularity in Christian literature works.

John 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'.

Bound in contemporary calf boards, re-backed in modern calf. Endpapers renewed.