Pilgrim’s Progress.

“My name is now Christian, but my name used to be Graceless”: Finely Bound illustrated edition of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress

Pilgrim’s Progress.

BUNYAN, John.

Item Number: 116352

London : George Routledge and Sons Ltd, 1892.

Elaborately bound example of one of the most significant works of religious English literature, Pilgrim’s Progress. Octavo, bound in full morocco, pictorial cover inlay, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, silk ribbon, illustrated with 12 colored plates including frontispiece plus 110 additional illustrations by J.D. Watson. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.

“Born story-teller” John Bunyan crafted “a story which is a masterpiece because of its gripping and basic character. We need not agree with Christian’s theological technicalities; but we must share the acute agony expressed in his first lamentable cry in his search for peace and quiet of mind—‘What shall I do?” (Baugh et al., 799-800). “Bunyan wrote this book in Bedford Gaol, which may bring hope and consolation to some of the myriads of those imprisoned for conscience’ sake since his day… the early demand for the book was not from the learned, but from the pious and the young. It was at first fashionable to sneer at Bunyan as a writer, but the approval of such as Swift, Johnson and Walpole marked a change. Now it is universally known and loved, and the parable of salvation is accepted by all denominations” (PMM 156). It has also been cited as the first novel written in English.

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