The Pilgrim's Progress 1836 John Bunyan ~ w/ color plan of the Pilgrim's Road from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City

Title: The Pilgrim's Progress, From This World to That Which Is to Come
[...] Containing The Pilgrimage of His Wife and Children, and Also Their Safe Arrival | in Three parts | With Explanatory Notes [...] and Evangelical Reflections [...] To Which is Prefixed, The Life of the Author. Kelly's Edition, Embellished with Superb Engravings, from Original Drawings.

Author: John Bunyan / [notes and evangelical reflections by W. [William] Mason, Rev. J. [John] Newton, J. [John] Bradford, Dr. [Robert] Hawker, and Others

Description: Edition of 1836, printed for Thomas Kelly, London. Recased in leather boards with brown cloth spine and new endpapers. Unembellished gilt title on spine. Some foxing and minor soiling, else generally clean. Includes the complete set of plates, including the color map which is printed on linen. Directions to the Binder at terminus. pp. x + viii, 11-419, [1].

In addition to numerous footnotes written by William Mason (1719-1791, Editor of The Gospel Magazine), Rev. John Newton (1725-1805, author of the hymn ''Amazing Grace,''), John Bradford (1750-1805, associated with Countess Huntingdon's Connexion), Dr. Robert Hawker (1753-1827, Vicar of Charles Church, Plymouth), and others, the volume includes the Publisher's note (1 p.), ''The Author's Apology for His Book'' (in verse, 7 pp.), ''Memoirs of the Life and Conversation of Mr. John Bunyan'' (8 pp.), and an Elegy for Mr. Bunyan by his Friend (short poem).

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

Publisher: Printed for Thomas Kelly, No. 17, Paternoster Row.
Place: London
Year: 1836

Keywords: Christian allegory, 17th century, English novel, Christian novel,