1850 Illustrated Book - The Pilgrim's Progress, The Holy War, & Other Selected Works of John Bunyan.
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Author : Bunyan, John.
Title : The Select Works of John Bunyan, with Introductory Lectures on the "Pilgrim's Progress" by the Rev Robert Maguire (TWO VOLUMES IN ONE).
Publisher : London, The London Printing & Publishing Co Ltd, , no date (circa 1850).
Language : Text in English
Size : 11 " X 8 ".
Pages :1300 pages.
Binding : Attractive and very good full decorated leather binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright and clean, light foxing and staining - as shown).
Illustrations : Profusely illustrated with beautiful full page engraved plates.
The book : Rare and attractive edition of The Select Works of John Bunyan including he 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.