1900 Rare Victorian Book - The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan illustrated by W. Paget

 

Author : Bunyan, John. Illustrated by Walter Puget.
Title : The Pilgrim's Progress.
Publisher : London, Ernest Nister, New York, E.P. Dutton, no date (circa 1900).
Language : Text in English
Size : 8 " X 6 "
Pages : 348 pages 
Binding : Very good attractive full Victorian decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover. 
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, nice ex libris of Doreen & Don Dutton on first endpaper).
Illustrations : Illustrated with full page colored plates and in text illustrations by Walter Paget  (1863–1935) British illustrator. He received a gold medal from the Royal Academy of Arts.He was a younger brother of the Sherlock Holmes illustrator Sidney Paget.

The book : Rare and attractive edition of The Pilgrim's Progress illustrated by Paget and published by Nister.

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.